Sailing
['seɪlɪŋ] or ['selɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the departure of a vessel from a port.
(noun.) riding in a sailboat.
Editor: Pierre--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sail
(n.) The act of one who, or that which, sails; the motion of a vessel on water, impelled by wind or steam; the act of starting on a voyage.
(n.) The art of managing a vessel; seamanship; navigation; as, globular sailing; oblique sailing.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of sailing on calm waters, foretells easy access to blissful joys, and immunity from poverty and whatever brings misery. To sail on a small vessel, denotes that your desires will not excel your power of possessing them. See Ocean and Sea.
Editor: Moore
Examples
- We found the ship in the river, surrounded by a crowd of boats; a favourable wind blowing; the signal for sailing at her mast-head. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- If Napoleon had deemed it best to have continued his journey across the Atlantic to America he would have been compelled to pass several weeks on an uncomfortable sailing vessel. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The transports were all sailing vessels. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Thus we went on till the ship (whose departure, too, had been several times postponed) was on the point of sailing. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- It's Captain Bursley--executive officer--sailing master. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In another half hour he was progressing rapidly, and, but for an exceptional word now and again, he found it very plain sailing. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Leinster, much as he professed to esteem, respect and love me, went out in a sailing-boat every morning, instead of walking about with me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The hat sailed far out into space and we could see it smaller and smaller, the patent leather shining in the clear air, sailing down to the river. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The papers which Openshaw carried are obviously of vital importance to the person or persons in the sailing-ship. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- In about six weeks or two months from now, there'll be one sailing--I see her this morning--went aboard--and we shall take our passage in her. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- There was no way of reaching Humboldt at that time except to take passage on a San Francisco sailing vessel going after lumber. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- How can we tell what coming people are aboard the ships that may be sailing to us now from the unknown seas! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The rudder was of the pattern used on sailing-vessels, and was moved by a tiller. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- An average size ocean liner pays about $5,000 for the privilege of sailing through this great ditch. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Do you remember, John, on the day we were married, Pa's speaking of the ships that might be sailing towards us from the unknown seas? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- On September 2, 1807, Fulton advertised regular sailings of the _Clermont_ between New York and Albany. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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