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LARGE, Sailing
Sailing LARGE, (aller vent largue, Fr.) is therefore advancing with a large wind, so as that the sheets are slackened and flowing, and the bowlines entirely disused This phrase is generally opposed to sailing close-hauled, or with a scant wind, in which situation the sheets and bowlines are extended as much as possible.LEE-SIDE
LEE-SIDE, all that part of a ship or boat which lies between the mast, and the side furthest from the direction of the wind; or otherwise, the half of a ship, which is pressed down towards the water by the effort of the sails, as separated from the other half, by a line drawn through the middle of her length. That part of the ship, which lies to windward of this line, is accordingly called the weather-side.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, pages 172 - 176, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0793.html