Sailorize
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To do the work of a sailor. dated, intransitive
"I have worked like a Trojan all day, and the idea is realized. Margaret helped me out with suggestions, and Tom Spink did the sailorizing. Over our head, from the jiggermast, the steel stays that carry the three jigger-trysails descend high above the break of the poop and across the main deck to the mizzenmast."
- 2 To make (a person) into a sailor; to train in seamanship. dated, transitive
Example
More examples"I have worked like a Trojan all day, and the idea is realized. Margaret helped me out with suggestions, and Tom Spink did the sailorizing. Over our head, from the jiggermast, the steel stays that carry the three jigger-trysails descend high above the break of the poop and across the main deck to the mizzenmast."
Etymology
From sailor + -ize.
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