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fill away
verb
- intr, adverb nautical to cause a vessel's sails to fill, either by steering it off the wind or by bracing the yards
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But in less than ten minutes, and before they had made a single mile, they saw the Josephine fill away, and stand towards them.
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Instead of obeying the order, the boatman hauled in his sheet, and the sloop began to fill away.
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The men on the ship beseeched Morgan to fill away and abandon their comrades.
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As soon as they were on board of the Young America, and the barge hoisted up, orders were given to fill away again.
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The officer told Captain Tilton that when the British ensign was hauled down, he might fill away, and proceed on his voyage.
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