sail·ing
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| 1. | the activity of a person or thing that sails. |
| 2. | the departure of a ship from port: The cruise line offers sailings every other day. |
| 3. | Navigation. any of various methods for determining courses and distances by means of charts or with reference to longitudes and latitudes, rhumb lines, great circles, etc. |
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sailing
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v. sailed, sail·ing, sails v. intr.
v. tr. Nautical
Phrasal Verb(s): sail into To attack or criticize vigorously: sailed into the workmen for the shoddy job they were doing. [Middle English seil, from Old English segl. Sail into, from obsolete sail, to attack, from Middle English sailen, short for assailen; see assail.] |
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| 1. | the work of a sailor [syn: seafaring] |
| 2. | riding in a sailboat |
| 3. | the departure of a vessel from a port |
| 4. | the activity of flying a glider [syn: glide] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˈsailing noun
the activity or sport of navigating a ship or boat that has sails
Example: Sailing is one of his hobbies.
sailing-Example: Sailing is one of his hobbies.
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having a sail or sails
Example: sailing-boat
See also: sailboard, sailor, in full sail, sailExample: sailing-boat
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sailing
Cir"cu*lar\, a. [L. circularis, fr. circulus circle: cf. F. circulaire. See Circle.]1. In the form of, or bounded by, a circle; round. 2. repeating itself; ending in itself; reverting to the point of beginning; hence, illogical; inconclusive; as, circular reasoning. 3. Adhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence, mean; inferior. See Cyclic poets, under Cyclic. Had Virgil been a circular poet, and closely adhered to history, how could the Romans have had Dido? --Dennis. 4. Addressed to a circle, or to a number of persons having a common interest; circulated, or intended for circulation; as, a circular letter. A proclamation of Henry III., . . . doubtless circular throughout England. --Hallam. 5. Perfect; complete. [Obs.] A man so absolute and circular In all those wished-for rarities that may take A virgin captive. --Massinger. Circular are, any portion of the circumference of a circle. Circular cubics (Math.), curves of the third order which are imagined to pass through the two circular points at infinity. Circular functions. (Math.) See under Function. Circular instruments, mathematical instruments employed for measuring angles, in which the graduation extends round the whole circumference of a circle, or 360[deg]. Circular lines, straight lines pertaining to the circle, as sines, tangents, secants, etc. Circular note or letter. (a) (Com.) See under Credit. (b) (Diplomacy) A letter addressed in identical terms to a number of persons. Circular numbers (Arith.), those whose powers terminate in the same digits as the roots themselves; as 5 and 6, whose squares are 25 and 36. --Bailey. --Barlow. Circular points at infinity (Geom.), two imaginary points at infinite distance through which every circle in the plane is, in the theory of curves, imagined to pass. Circular polarization. (Min.) See under Polarization. Circular or Globular sailing (Naut.), the method of sailing by the arc of a great circle. Circular saw. See under Saw.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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