Concept cluster: Recreation > Sailing or navigating a ship
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'bout ship
v
(intransitive, nautical) Alternative form of about ship (“to tack through 180 degrees”) [(intransitive) Tack; to cause to turn into the wind and through the other side ending with a full 180 degree turn.]
a-hold
adv
Alternative form of ahold [(nautical, obsolete) (of a ship) Brought to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea, and thereby held steady.]
about
adv
(nautical) To the opposite tack: see go about.
about ship
v
(intransitive) Tack; to cause to turn into the wind and through the other side ending with a full 180 degree turn.
accost
v
(by extension, transitive, obsolete) To sail along the coast or side of.
ahold
adv
(nautical, obsolete) (of a ship) Brought to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea, and thereby held steady.
allide
v
(nautical) To impact a stationary object.
bale
v
(Britain, nautical) To remove water from a boat with buckets etc.
bear away
v
(nautical) To steer away from the wind
bear in with
v
(nautical) To approach nearer to (a ship).
bear off from
v
(nautical) To stand further off from (a ship)
bear up
v
(nautical) To sail close to the wind.
blockade
n
(nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
board
v
(transitive, nautical) To capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party
broach
v
(nautical, intransitive, of a submerged submarine, torpedo, or similar) To break the surface of the water.
calenture
n
A delirium occurring from such symptoms, in which a stricken sailor pictures the sea as grassy meadows and wishes to dive overboard into them.
careen
n
(nautical) The position of a ship laid on one side.
careenage
n
(nautical) The expense of careening a ship.
carenage
n
Obsolete form of careenage. [(nautical) A beach with a steep, sandy shoreline on which a ship may be careened.]
change tack
v
(nautical) To change course or heading.
chapel
v
(nautical, transitive) To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) to turn or make a circuit so as to recover, without bracing the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing.
close reach
v
(nautical) To sail on a close reach
close-winded
adj
(nautical) Sailing close to the wind
clubhauling
n
(nautical) A risky maneuver whereby a sail-boat tacks (turns into and through the wind) by dropping one of the front anchors, the intent being to turn the boat in a tighter space than would be possible using the rudder and sails alone, especially when difficult conditions such as light winds or heavy swell make tacking more difficult than usual.
come to
v
(intransitive, idiomatic, nautical) To stop a sailing vessel, especially by turning into the wind. See also come about.
conn
v
(transitive) To direct a ship; to superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer (especially through a channel, etc, rather than steer a compass direction).
counterflooding
n
(nautical) The action of deliberately flooding spaces on one side (of a ship, boat, or other vessel) in order to counterbalance flooding occurring on the opposite side and keep the vessel on an even keel.
crowd
v
(nautical, of a square-rigged ship, transitive) To carry excessive sail in the hope of moving faster.
cut a feather
v
(nautical) To make the water foam in moving; in allusion to the ripple which a ship throws off from her bows.
disreef
v
(nautical) To let out (a reefed sail) to increase the area it exposes to the wind.
endurance
n
(nautical) The length of time that a ship's rations will supply
fetch
v
(nautical) To bring or get within reach by going; to reach; to arrive at; to attain; to reach by sailing.
fill
v
(transitive, nautical) To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
forereach
v
(nautical, intransitive) To shoot ahead, especially when going in stays.
forestay
v
(transitive) To stay beforehand; secure or fasten with or as with a forestay.
foundering
n
The act by which a vessel founders.
gather
v
(nautical) To haul in; to take up.
ghost
v
(nautical) To sail seemingly without wind.
give the stem
v
(transitive, nautical, obsolete) To ram with a ship.
gripe
v
(nautical) To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.
heave to
v
(intransitive, nautical) (sailing) To cause (one's vessel) to become dead in the water by pointing the bows directly towards the wind.
keel haul
v
Alternative spelling of keelhaul [(transitive, nautical) To punish by dragging under the keel of a ship.]
keelhaul
v
(transitive, nautical) To punish by dragging under the keel of a ship.
launch
n
The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.)
lay on
v
(nautical) To sail towards or to arrive at (a destination).
lay to
v
(nautical) To turn towards the wind so that the boat stops; to remain stationary in open water or to lie to.
lie to
v
(nautical, of a ship) To have the sails arranged so as to counteract each other.
light along
v
(transitive, nautical) To lift or carry anything along the deck; to help in hauling along.
make way
v
(nautical, of a vessel) To progress through the water.
misstay
v
(nautical) To become caught in irons when changing tack.
offside
adj
To the side of a boat, opposite the primary side on which one paddles.
outpoint
v
(nautical) To sail closer to the wind than (another ship).
overboard
adj
(nautical) Outside of a boat; in the water.
overstand
v
(yachting, boat racing): to sail to the mark at a wider angle than is the normal upwind angle, to go beyond the layline
pipe the side
v
(UK, nautical) To salute a distinguished visitor arriving on a warship by playing the boatswain's pipe.
point
v
(intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
put about
v
(intransitive, nautical) To change direction.
raft
v
(transitive) To make into a raft.
range
v
To sail or pass in a direction parallel to or near.
rig
v
(transitive, nautical) To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
sail by
n
Ellipsis of sail-by salute. [(nautical) A close passage by a nautical vessel to a fixed point (on shore), to "salute" the location or persons assembled at the location.]
sail close to the wind
v
(idiomatic) To behave in a manner that is on the verge of being dangerous, improper or illegal
sail fine
v
(nautical) To sail as close to the wind as possible.
sail under false colors
v
(obsolete, nautical, idiomatic) To deceive or intentionally mystify.
sail-by
n
Ellipsis of sail-by salute. [(nautical) A close passage by a nautical vessel to a fixed point (on shore), to "salute" the location or persons assembled at the location.]
sailby
n
Ellipsis of sail-by salute. [(nautical) A close passage by a nautical vessel to a fixed point (on shore), to "salute" the location or persons assembled at the location.]
seel
v
(intransitive, obsolete, of a ship) To roll on the waves in a storm.
send
v
(nautical) To pitch.
ship a sea
v
(nautical) To have a large wave wash over one's vessel.
ships that pass in the night
n
(by extension) Things which have no significant connection or commonality.
shorten
v
(nautical, transitive) To reduce (sail) by taking it in.
slipway
n
(nautical) A sloping surface, leading down to the shore or to a river, on which ships are built, repaired or stored and from which they are launched.
stand
v
(intransitive, nautical) Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.).
stand on
v
(nautical) To continue following the same course.
stand out
v
(nautical) To sail in a direction away from shore.
stand with
v
(nautical) To travel alongside.
swing at anchor
v
(nautical, of a ship, boat, or other vessel) To remain in port for a prolonged period of time without sailing.
transom
n
(figuratively, usually attributively) Items that have arrived over the transom.
traverse
n
(nautical) The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
trim
adv
(nautical) With sails well trimmed.
trim one's sails
v
(nautical) To adjust a ship's sails to make the best of wind conditions.
turn together
v
(nautical, military, of ships in a line of battle) To change course simultaneously, without waiting to reach the turning point of the leading ship.
veer
v
(obsolete, nautical) To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.
way
n
(nautical, uncountable) Speed, progress, momentum.
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