Finding it was like to overblow, we took in our Sprit-ſail, and ſtood by to hand the Fore-ſail; but making foul Weather, we look'd the Guns were all faſt, and handed the Miſſen.
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Spritsail
Synonyms for "spritsail" (2 found)
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Noun(1 words)
fore-and-aft sail
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Noun(1 words)
sprit sail
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5 entriesbowsprit spritsailearly modern spritsaillight wind spritsailsingle spritsailspritsail rig
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Such a ship as the Rose of Devon frigate, standing out for the open sea, is a sight the world no longer affords. Those ships are “gone, gone, gone with lost Atlantis.” Their lofty poops, their little bonaventure masts, their lateen sails aft, their high forecastles and tall bowsprits with the square spritsail flaunted before the fiddlehead, came down from an even earlier day
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