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sailed |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sail \Sail\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sailed}; p. pr & vb n. {Sailing}.] [AS. segelian, seglian See {Sail}, n.] 1. To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by the action of steam or other power. 2. To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl. 3. To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as they sailed from London to Canton. 4. To set sail; to begin a voyage. 5. To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air without apparent exertion, as a bird. As is a winged messenger of heaven, . . . When he bestrides the lazy pacing clouds, And sails upon the bosom of the air. --Shak.
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