sailingn.1
/ˈseɪlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈseɪlɪŋ/ 1.
a. The action of travelling on water in a ship or other vessel which is propelled by means of sails; the action or method of directing the course of such a vessel. In modern use also in wider application: the action of travelling in or of directing the course of a ship or vessel of any kind.For circular, globular, oblique, parallel sailing, see those words. great circle sailing, see circle n. 2b. See also plain sailing n. and adj., plane sailing n.
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society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > by ship
sailinga900
ship-farec1330
maiden voyage1823
society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > by sailing
sailinga900
society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun]
sailinga900
government1562
navigating1739
skippership1828
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > yachting and sailing > [noun]
sailinga1649
yacht-sailing1833
boating1835
yachting1836
pleasure-boating1851
a900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. v. i. (Cambr. Univ.) Swa reðe stormas coman þæt we [ne] mid seglinge ne mid rownesse [L. neque velo neque remigio] owiht fremian mihte.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 70 He had redy sailyng.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 175 Þe Romayns..hadde no siker sillynge wiþ oute oþer socour.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 65/1 Ceylynge, velificacio.
1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 14 §1 Making them expert and connyng in the arte and science of shippmen and sayling.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 3678 Hor sister to sese, with sailyng þai wend.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. iv. 53 Theres no more sayling by the starre. View more context for this quotation
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 37 After three dayes sayling..we arriued at..Venice.
a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 146 Of all Pastimes and Exercises I like Sailing worst.
1671 W. Perwich Despatches (1903) 136 This may not turne to their account, for want of ships and cheap sailing.
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Mercator's Sailing, is the Art of finding on a Plane the Motion of a Ship upon any assign'd Course.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. ix. 391 Provision for their subsistence, during their sailing down the river.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Sailing also implies a particular mode of navigation..regulated by the laws of trigonometry.
1834 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) III. Navigation ii. iv. 21 This method is called middle latitude sailing.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 13 Aug. 5/2 The four cutters made a splendid start over a course of forty-six miles, which will provide a test on all points of sailing.
b. In particularized use: A voyage.
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society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > a voyage
farec1000
voyagec1310
ship-roada1400
shipping1483
race1513
navigationa1527
sailing1535
sea-fare1601
sea-voyage1612
saila1616
perfretation1656
watery1697
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Acts xxvii. A I se that this saylinge wyl be with hurte and moch dammage.
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 413 The Frost again approaching, will not suffer any Sailings.
2.
a. Progression, speed or style of progression, of a ship or other vessel (originally, of a sailing-vessel).
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society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > speed or style of progress in sailing
sail1602
sailage1632
sailinga1687
a1687 W. Petty Treat. Naval Philos. i. iii, in T. Hale Acct. New Inventions (1691) 127 How Top-sails..may be fitted to promote or hinder the Sailing upon occasion.
1721 J. Perry Acct. Stopping Daggenham Breach 115 Ships, more especially such as are sharp and built for Sailing.
1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 377/2 These are very important circumstances, and would contribute much to improve the sailing of such vessels.
1836 W. Irving Astoria III. 135 A vessel..remarkable for her fast sailing.
b. figurative. Progress, success in some activity. Usually with qualifying adjective, as fair sailing, smooth sailing, etc. See also plain sailing n. and adj.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [noun]
progressionc1385
proceeding?c1425
progressc1443
proceedc1450
procession1585
gate1604
procedure1640
foreholda1642
process1642
promotion1649
sailing1827
sledding1839
on-go1870
1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 493 It must be all ‘plain sailing’, as the seamen say, and no sudden turns, intricacies, or narrow passes.
1841 E. Bulwer-Lytton Night & Morning ii. viii. 118 ‘Oh! then it's all smooth sailing,’ replied the other.
1927 H. Crane Let. 19 Dec. (1965) 313 After a good deal of fair ‘sailing’ since arriving here—I am now convinced that ‘flying’ is even better. Right now however..I am ‘all fives’ on the ground.
1959 Daily Tel. 15 Oct. 12/2 Brilliant sailing in the comparatively calm waters of the Post Office.
3. Departure (of a ship) from port.
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society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > departure of ship
sailing1748
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xi. 253 The time fixed by the Viceroy for her sailing.
1785 T. Hutchinson, Jr. in T. H.'s Diary 9 June II. 418 Hearing there is a vessel upon sailing for America [etc.].
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 601 A fleet of transports was awaiting the signal for sailing.
1887 Daily News 14 Dec. 2/6 London sailings... Dec. 13. Tenedos. s, Dunkirk; Cormorant, s, Boulogne [etc.].
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a. Simple attributive.
sailing club n.
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1810 E. Weeton Let. 5 Sept. in Jrnl. of Governess (1969) I. 293 A sailing club consisting of four or five young men of fortune, have conducted the annual Regattas.
1973 G. Moffat Lady with Cool Eye vii. 73 The inspector, meeting the traffic superintendent in the local sailing club, chanced to mention Mrs. Wolkoff's latest protest.
sailing date n.
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1906 J. London Let. 1 Dec. (1966) 227 All..that you wanted answered..was my sailing-date.
sailing day n.
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society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > by sailing > day when sailing takes place
sailing day1839
society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > departure of ship > day of
sailing day1839
1839 in M. Johnson Amer. Advertising, 1800–1900 (1960) The sailing days of the above ship have been altered.
1879 Yachtman's Holidays 20 Next morning promised a poor sailing day.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 179 When the sailing day comes..Jack must get on board.
sailing instructions n.
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society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > sailing orders
sailing orders1692
sailing instructions1748
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. ii. 15 He delivered them their fighting and sailing instructions.
sailing match n.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > boat racing or race > [noun]
sailing match1663
boat race1751
boat racing1788
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > boat racing or race > [noun] > sailing race
sailing match1663
yacht-race1867
yacht-racing1868
America's Cup1869
resail1893
sail-off1949
1663 R. Southwell Let. 4 Feb. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1965) II. 21 On Candlemas Day we proposed and other [sic] sayling match, offering to stake a flagg of 3lb. and 20lb. agt. 10lb. to each boate yt came.
1810 E. Weeton Let. 15 Aug. in Jrnl. of Governess (1969) I. 284 You must not suppose that Mr. and Mrs. P. or myself were in the boat during the sailing match.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 130 Ernest caught the sound of some reference to a sailing match.
b. † sailing cloth n. Obsolete = sailing ware n.† sailing ware n. Obsolete ? cloth suitable for wear at sea.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > for clothing > for wear at sea
sailing ware1483
sailing cloth1593
sea-cloth1883
1593 in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) 7/1 Sailing cloths [made in Somerset].
sailing-ice n. (see quot. 1820).
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the world > the earth > water > ice > [noun] > loose
loose ice1774
sailing-ice1820
pan ice1865
1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 229 Open ice, or sailing-ice, is where the pieces are so separate as to admit of a ship sailing conveniently among them.
sailing-line n. (a) the line on a vessel's hull which marks the level of the water when she is ballasted and rigged for sailing, but not laden or armed; (b) a line (line n.2 22) of sailing vessels.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > side(s) of vessel > [noun] > waterline > when rigged but not laden
sailing-linea1687
society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > [noun] > shipping business or trade > shipping line
line1848
surf line1848
sailing-line1905
shipping line1908
flag line1944
a1687 W. Petty Treat. Naval Philos. i. ii, in T. Hale Acct. New Inventions (1691) 125 Our second Water-line..I call the sailing-line, as the first was called the launching-line.
1905 Chambers's Jrnl. May 366/1 Sailing-lines to the West Indies..give Bermuda a wide berth.
sailing master n. an officer charged with the navigation of a vessel (in British use chiefly with reference to yachts; formerly in the U.S. navy, a commissioned officer, usually a lieutenant, appointed to direct the navigation of a ship of war).
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > helmsman or pilot > sailing master
sea-master1582
sailing master1779
1779 in New Hampsh. Hist. Soc. Coll. (1863) VII. 194 Appointed—Curtis Sailing Master of the armed ship Hampden.
1799 Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. XIII. 39 The other two Lieutenants and the Purser are much wanted, as is a Sailing Master.
1836 F. Marryat Three Cutters i, in Pirate & Three Cutters 232 He..is..on board as sailing-master of the yacht.
1871 W. Collins Miss or Mrs.? ii On one side there were the sleeping-berths of the sailing master and his mate.
sailing orders n. the directions given to the captain of a vessel with regard to time of departure, destination, etc.; also figurative.
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society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > sailing orders
sailing orders1692
sailing instructions1748
society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > injunction or instruction > an injunction or instruction > set of
standing order1619
sailing orders1796
marching orders1856
remit1877
rules of engagement1957
ROE1970
1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 545 This day another express was sent to the Downes with sailing orders.
1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxvii. 246 About this time, captain Oakhum, having received sailing orders, came on board.
1796 W. Scott Let. 26 Sept. (1932) I. 56 Your sailing orders are—If the subject is casually introduced to treat it lightly.
1886 Illustr. London News 6 Feb. 142/1 You [sc. a governess] told me what were your sailing orders from Mrs. Meeburn.
sailing rule n. a rule of the sea, to prevent the collision of ships, etc.
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society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > custom or rule of navigation
the rule of the road1873
sailing rule1877
1877 Regulations for Government of Navy of U.S. 185 Steering and sailing rules, ..Art. 15. If two ships, one of which is a sailing-ship, and the other a steamship, are proceeding in such directions as to involve risk of collision, the steamship shall keep out of the way of the sailing-ship.
1976 P. Kemp Oxf. Compan. Ships & Sea 954/1 The actual sailing rules embody in general the Rule of the Road as it affects sailing vessels.
sailing thwart n. the thwart at or through which the mast of a sailing-boat is stepped.
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c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 7 The man on the lee side of the sailing thwart gathers the sail forward.
sailing ton n. the ‘ton’ used in measuring the capacity of sailing vessels.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel with reference to qualities or attributes > [noun] > attributes of vessel > carrying or cubic capacity > unit of
sailing ton1898
1898 Daily News 1 Feb. 5/2 Calculating a steam ton as equal to three sailing tons, the tonnage has increased [etc.].
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric for specific purpose > [noun] > for clothing > for wear at sea
sailing ware1483
sailing cloth1593
sea-cloth1883
1483–4 Act 1 Rich. III c. 8 (end) La feisure dascun drap lanuez appellez Sailyngware.
C2. In compounds designating vessels propelled by sails.These combinations admit of being regarded as collocations of sailing adj.1
a.
sailing-barge n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > sailing-barge
gabbart1487
wherry1589
piragua1667
schooner barge1819
spritsail1867
stumpy1881
sailing-barge1886
spritty1920
sailor-man1948
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > barge > sailing
gabbart1487
Western barge1506
wherry1589
west country1651
piragua1667
schooner barge1819
spritsail1867
stumpy1881
sailing-barge1886
spritty1920
sailor-man1948
1886 C. E. Pascoe London of To-day (ed. 3) xviii. 176 The Thames sailing-barge match is also an event to be noticed.
sailing-boat n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun]
bark1477
sail1517
winged wain1605
sailing-boat1721
sailing-vesselc1748
hogboat1784
sail-boat1798
sail-shipa1850
sailer1871
sailing-ship1871
windjammer1880
windbag1924
windship1934
1721 New-England Courant 14 Aug. 2/2 On the 4th Inst. at Night were drowned going to Thomsons Island in a small sailing-Boat, Mr. Heskew, [etc.].
1785 Maryland Hist. Mag. 20 51 He had been accustomed to go up and down Jones's falls in canoes, row boats, and sailing boats.
1797Sailing-boat [see sailing-chariot n. at Compounds 2b]. 1976 P. Kemp Oxf. Compan. Ships & Sea 960/2 A sailing boat with masts stepped as above but sloop-rigged on the foremast would be termed a yawl.
sailing dinghy n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > pleasure vessel > [noun] > sailing dinghy
dinghy1843
sailing dinghy1930
1930 A. P. Herbert Water Gipsies vi. 55 Sailing-dinghies, eights and single-scullers.
1975 Oxf. Compan. Sports & Games 1123/1 To take part, all a man needs is a yacht,..or a sailing dinghy as small as 12 ft. (3.65 m.) long.
sailing-packet n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > other sailing vessels
balinger1391
caliphe1393
buss1471
mahonnet1524
flute1567
mahone1572
shallopa1578
prahu1582
caïque1666
bullenger1670
hogboat1784
mistico1792
water-manikin1796
mistic1828
sailing-packet1842
sharpie1860
tjalk1861
botter1880
scow schooner1885
scow sloop1885
ghoster1886
sailing-trawler1891
sharp1891
skiff1891
palari1936
gulet1986
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > [noun] > packet or mailboat
post-boat1582
post-bark1599
post1600
post packet1634
packet-boat1642
packeta1670
post office packet1780
packet-ship1782
packet-bark1806
packet steamer1842
sailing-packet1842
mailboat1895
multipacket1965
1842 C. Dickens Let. 17 Feb. (1974) III. 66 There is a sailing-packet from here to England to-morrow.
1883 S. C. Hall Retrospect Long Life II. 302 [They] would be forced to cross the channel in a sailing-packet.
sailing-ship n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun]
bark1477
sail1517
winged wain1605
sailing-boat1721
sailing-vesselc1748
hogboat1784
sail-boat1798
sail-shipa1850
sailer1871
sailing-ship1871
windjammer1880
windbag1924
windship1934
1871 D. G. Rossetti Let. July (1967) III. 959 They are coming back..by sailing-ship.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Oct. 2/1 There are still no fewer than 15,000 sailing ships registered in Great Britain.
sailing-trawler n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > other sailing vessels
balinger1391
caliphe1393
buss1471
mahonnet1524
flute1567
mahone1572
shallopa1578
prahu1582
caïque1666
bullenger1670
hogboat1784
mistico1792
water-manikin1796
mistic1828
sailing-packet1842
sharpie1860
tjalk1861
botter1880
scow schooner1885
scow sloop1885
ghoster1886
sailing-trawler1891
sharp1891
skiff1891
palari1936
gulet1986
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > fishing vessel > [noun] > trawler
trawler-boat1599
trawl-boat1799
trawler1847
trawling sloop1860
trawling smack1887
mumble bee1891
sailing-trawler1891
trawl-smack1895
side trawler1956
stern-trawler1961
pair trawl1967
pair trawler1973
1891 Labour Commission Gloss. at Steam A steam trawler is a fishing vessel..propelled by means of steam power, in contra-distinction to a sailing trawler which is propelled by sails only.
sailing-vessel n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun]
bark1477
sail1517
winged wain1605
sailing-boat1721
sailing-vesselc1748
hogboat1784
sail-boat1798
sail-shipa1850
sailer1871
sailing-ship1871
windjammer1880
windbag1924
windship1934
c1748 B. Franklin Let. in Exper. & Observ. Electr. (1751) 38 In the wake of every sailing vessel.
1775 Jrnls. Cont. Congr. 3 293 That a swift sailing vessel..be fitted..for a cruise of three months.
1976Sailing vessel [see sailing rule n. at Compounds 1b]. Categories »
sailing-yacht n.
sailing yawl n.
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1785 Maryland Hist. Mag. 20 52 Battaus, canoes, and sailing yawles.
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sailing-car n.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > other non-self-propelled vehicles > [noun] > land vehicle driven by sails
sailing-waggon1707
sailing-chariot1759
sailing-car1884
sand-yacht1912
land-yacht1928
1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. Sailing Car, a car..rigged with sail..used on the railroads on the plains, by telegraph repair parties... Sailing chariots were tried in Holland..more than two hundred years since.
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sailing-carriage n.
sailing-chariot n.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > other non-self-propelled vehicles > [noun] > land vehicle driven by sails
sailing-waggon1707
sailing-chariot1759
sailing-car1884
sand-yacht1912
land-yacht1928
1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia I. vi. 35 He..found the master busy in building a sailing chariot.
1797 Encycl. Brit. X. 758/2 Another contrivance for being carried without draught, is by means of a sailing chariot or boat fixed on four wheels.
1884Sailing-chariot [see sailing-car n.]. sailing-waggon n.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > other non-self-propelled vehicles > [noun] > land vehicle driven by sails
sailing-waggon1707
sailing-chariot1759
sailing-car1884
sand-yacht1912
land-yacht1928
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) I. 362 I shall not here mention anything of the Sailing-Waggons, and several other Contrivances of that kind.
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sailingn.3
/ˈseɪlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈseɪlɪŋ/ Architecture.
The condition or fact of projecting from a surface; projection.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [noun] > other projecting parts > amount of projection
sailing1563
sail1611
1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Bivv The proiecture, or saylling out or hanging ouer of the foote of the pillor.
1664 J. Evelyn tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. ii. i. 92 The Modul upon which afterward I regulate all the Members as well for their height as sailings over and projectures of their Profiles.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Projecture These the Greeks call Ecphoræ, the Italians Sporti, the French Sailles, our Workmen frequently Sailings over.
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 1020 at Projecture An out-jetting or prominence beyond the naked of a wall..so our workmen called them sailings over.
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sailingadj.1
/ˈseɪlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈseɪlɪŋ/ 1.
a. That travels on water by means of sails. (Cf. sailing n.1 Compounds 2.)
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [adjective]
sailing1590
sail-assisted1594
sail-wingedc1595
sail-bearing?1596
sailed?1611
veliferous1656
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > yachting and sailing > [adjective]
sailing1709
yachting1847
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A4 The sayling Pine, the Cedar proud and tall.
1709 Brit. Apollo 19–24 Aug. To Persons in a Sailing Ship the Shoar seems to be in motion.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xx. 415 A swift sailing vessel was instantly despatched to warn Rooke of his danger.
b. In names of animals.
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1781 T. Pennant Hist. Quadrupeds II. 417 Sailing Squirrel.
1803 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. IV. ii. 224 Sailing Coryphene.
2. Spreading out like a full sail.
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the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] > spread out > spreading out
fanningc1400
sailingc1400
bushing1607
expanding1776
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 865 Ryche robes..Þat sete on hym semly, wyth saylande skyrteȝ.
a1625 J. Fletcher Valentinian ii. vi, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Bbbbbbbv/2 His fame and family have growne together, And spred together like to sayling Cedars, Over the Roman Diadem.
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sailingadj.2
/ˈseɪlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈseɪlɪŋ/ Architecture.
Projecting. sailing course n. a projecting course in (usually) the upper part of a light-house or other tower-like building.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [adjective] > projecting part
sailing1493
jettied1585
outcasta1647
outshot1820
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > other ornaments
pommela1300
crest1430
finial1448
balloon1592
brattishingc1593
knob1610
cartouche1611
ogive1611
fret1626
galace1663
acroterion1664
paternoster1728
semi-urn1742
patera1776
purfling1780
sailing course1807
vesica piscis (also piscium)1809
antefix1819
vesica1820
garland1823
stop1825
Aaron's rod1830
headwork1831
Vitruvian scroll1837
hip knob1838
stelea1840
ball-flower1840
notch-head1843
brandishing1846
buckle1848
cat's-head1848
bucrane1854
cresting1869
semi-ball1875
canephorus1880
crest-board1881
wave pattern1905
husk1934
foliate head1939
green man1939
1493–4 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 197 Item, payd to parys for a saylyng pece for sentt stevyn ys Autyr, iiij d.
1531 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 37 A Rownde cobbord with a saylyng hause [? read hanse].
1807 T. D. W. Dearn Bricklayer's Guide 50 Then proceed to take the sailing course, and the wall on either side the chimney.
1857 Skyring's Builders' Prices (ed. 47) 73 Sailing courses are generally measured in with the work, in which case take the length by the width, three or six inches, as it may appear quarter brick sailing.
1946 J. Holgate & H. McDougall Bricklaying v. 63 An attractive method of making an all-brick coping more effective is by first laying on top of the wall a course of three-quarter bats as headers and after completing the coping, filleting this ‘sailing’ course with cement mortar.
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society > armed hostility > attack > [noun]
fiend-reseOE
frumresec1275
assault1297
sault1297
inracea1300
sailing13..
venuea1330
checkc1330
braid1340
affrayc1380
outrunningc1384
resinga1387
wara1387
riota1393
assailc1400
assayc1400
onset1423
rake?a1425
pursuitc1425
assemblinga1450
brunta1450
oncominga1450
assembly1487
envaya1500
oncomea1500
shovea1500
front1523
scry1523
attemptate1524
assaulting1548
push1565
brash1573
attempt1584
affront?1587
pulse1587
affret1590
saliaunce1590
invasion1591
assailment1592
insultation1596
aggressa1611
onslaught1613
source1616
confronta1626
impulsion1631
tentative1632
essaya1641
infall1645
attack1655
stroke1698
insult1710
coup de main1759
onfall1837
hurrah1841
beat-up of quarters1870
offensive1887
strafe1915
grand slam1916
hop-over1918
run1941
strike1942
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > action
sailing13..
assailing1340
insultation1596
attacking1657
assaulting1675
the offensive1879
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > attack by some hostile or injurious agency
onfalleOE
oncomea1225
sailing13..
visitinga1382
siegec1385
assault1508
visitation1535
assaulting1548
onset1566
assailment1592
blow1594
insult1603
attempt1662
attack1665
offencea1677
seizure1881
13.. K. Alis. 7392 Aither gan so areche, With 'saylyng, and with smytyng.
c1330 Arth. & Merl. 8257 In þe first of þat seylinge Þai slowen michel heþen genge.
1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 24206 I [Sekenesse] overthrowe hir [sc. Helthe] ageyn,..And, ne were that medicyne Ys cause that she doth releve, My sayllyng shold hir often greve.
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n.1a900
n.31563adj.1c1400adj.21493as lemmas