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sail    Audio Help   (sāl)  Pronunciation Key  n.   Nautical A piece of fabric sewn together and fitted to the spars and rigging of a vessel so as to convert the force of the wind into forward motion of the vessel. The sails of a ship or boat. The superstructure of a submarine. pl. sail or sails Nautical A sailing vessel. Nautical A trip or voyage in a sailing craft. Something, such as the blade of a windmill, that resembles a sail in form or function. v.   sailed, sail·ing, sails v.   intr. Nautical To move across the surface of water, especially by means of a sailing vessel. To travel by water in a vessel. To start out on such a voyage or journey. To operate a sailing craft, especially for sport. To move along or progress smoothly or effortlessly: sailed into the room five minutes late; sailed through the exam; sailed through the red light. v.   tr. Nautical To navigate or manage (a vessel). To voyage upon or across: sail the Pacific. 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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sail·ing    Audio Help   (sā'lĭng)  Pronunciation Key  n.   The skill required to operate and navigate a vessel; navigation. The sport of operating or riding in a sailboat. Departure or time of departure from a port.

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sailing
noun
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]

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ˈsailing noun
sailing-
See also: sailboard, sailor, in full sail, sail

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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.

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