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transitive. To outdo or surpass (a person or vessel) in sailing; to sail faster or further than. Also in extended use: to outstrip.
transitive. Nautical. To carry more sail than; (hence) to outsail, to sail faster than. Also in extended use. Now rare.
transitive. Nautical. To sail faster than; = outcarry, v. 2. Obsolete.
Nautical. To outsail (another vessel); to outdo or surpass in sailing; also = blanket, v. 4a ? Obsolete.