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WAY of a ship
WAY of a ship, the course or progress which the makes on the water under sail. Thus, when she begins her motion, she is said to be under way; and when that motion increases, she is said to have fresh way through the water. Hence also she is said to have bead-way or stern-way. See those articles.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 318, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1484.html