sailagen.
/ˈseɪlɪdʒ/ 1. The speed of a ship under sail. ? Obsolete.
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society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > speed or style of progress in sailing
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1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 181 Pirats..gaue vs diuers assaults to their owne disaduantages; our saylage being swifter.
2. The sails of a ship collectively. Also transferred.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > sail > [noun] > collectively
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1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 June 3/1 The machinery will..enable the vessel to go to sea without any sailage.
1904 Harper's Mag. May 907/1 The filaments that buoy her [the spider] up and give sailage surface to the wind.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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