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WAD to WARP

WASH to WATER-LINES

WATER-LOGGED to WAY of a ship
WATER-LOGGED
WATER-SAIL
WATER-SHOT
WATER-SPOUT
WATER-WAY
WAVE
WAY of a ship

WEARING to WELL-ROOM

WHARF to WIND

WIND to WINDLASS

WINDSAIL to WRECK


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WATER-SAIL

WATER-SAIL, a small sail spread occasionally under the lower studding sail, or driver-boom, in a fair wind, and smooth sea.


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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 313, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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