sailmaker

One whose busine or occupation is to make and repair sails. "Every individual had been sick except the sail maker."- Cook : First Voyage , bk. ii., ch. x. IMG:content-0896.png:[blocks in formation] 1. To be propelled or driven forward by the action of the wind upon sails, as a ship on water. 2. Hence, to be moved or propelled, as a ship or boat, by any mechanical power, as by steam, oars, . 3. To be conveyed in a ve el on water; to pa by water. "Fro Cipres he was sail and ."-R. de Brunne, p. 171. 4. To set sail; to begin or start on a voyage. "On the 13th, at six o'clock in the morning, I sailed from Plymouth Sound." Cook: Second Voyage, bk. IMG:content-0897.png:[blocks in formation] 1. To pa or move over or upon in a ship by means of sails, or other propelling power, as steam, oars, . *2. To pa through, over, or upon, as in a ship. " Sail seas in cockles."- Shakesp .: Pericles , iv. 4. 3. To complete or perform by sailing. "The match could not be sailed through before the close time." - Field , Sept. 4, 1886. 4. To direct or manage the motion of at sea; to navigate. "Each craft was sailed by a lady."-London Daily Tele graph . IMG:content-0898.png:[blocks in formation] sailcloth