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sailer|ˈseɪlə(r)|
Also 6 salar, saler, sayler.
[f. sail v.1 + -er1. Cf. G. segler sailor, sailer, Du. zeiler, Sw. seglare, Da. seiler.
See sailor, a variant spelling of this word, now restricted to a specific application and regarded as a distinct word.]
1. a. One who sails. Now rare.
a1400–50Alexander 4359 We ere na sailers on þe see to sell ne to byi. c1400Destr. Troy 4589 All softe was the see to sailers þerin. 1513Douglas æneis i. iii. 43 On the huge deip quhen [= wheen, few] salaris did appear [Virg. adparent rari nantes in gurgite vasto].
†b. = sailor 1. Obs.
15..Sir A. Barton in Surtees Misc. (1888) 64 The best salers in Christentie! 1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. ii. i. 31 b, Cape S. Ange, very dangerous for saylers. 1605Camden Rem. 1 Furnished with shipping and Saylers.
†c. The Nautilus; = sailor 3 a. Obs.
1668Charleton Onomast. 178 Nautilus..the Nautilus, or Sailer. 1713Petiver Aquat. Anim. Amboinæ Tab. x, Nautilus tenuis & legitimus... Great brittle Sayler.
2. a. A ship or vessel with reference to her powers of sailing.
1582N. Lichefield tr. Castanheda's Conq. E. Ind. i. xlix. 106 For that theyr ships were great saylers. 1624Capt. Smith Virginia v. 185 A small Barke, but an excellent sailer. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 69 A very strong tight ship, and a pretty good sailer. 1820Scoresby Acc. Arctic Reg. II. 338 The fastest sailers lead the way. 1891J. Winsor Columbus xix. 438 His excuse was that his principal caravel was a poor sailer.
b. A sailing vessel.
1871R. Ellis Catullus lxiv. 11 That first sailer of all [i.e. Argo] burst ever on Amphitrite. 1883Chamb. Jrnl. 35 A Steamer costs much more than a Sailer. 190819th Cent. Aug. 235 Wooden sailers were superseded by iron creatures of the engineer.
3. Baseball. (See quot. 1961.)
1937Sun (Baltimore) 28 May 14/7 There were two strikes and three balls on Cochrane when Hadley threw his ill-fated ‘sailer’. 1961J. S. Salak Dict. Amer. Sports 379 Sailer (baseball), a pitched fast ball that takes off, that is, sails. 1975New Yorker 17 Nov. 158/2 The throw, however, was a horrible sailer that glanced off Burleson's glove and went on into center field. |