10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FULL-SAILED»
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Middleton Classics):
As he spoke there was a tap at the door, and the boy in buttons entered to
announce Miss Mary Sutherland, while the lady herself loomed behind his small
black figure like a full-sailed merchantman37 behind a tiny pilot boat. Sherlock
Holmes ...
What makes the full-sailed sight of this bygone-era ship so special? If so much
media fanfare can be made over Master and Commander: The Far Side of the
World — Hollywood fare in which a similar old ship shares the screen with
Russell ...
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Chambers concise dictionary
... adv with highest speed and impetus, full-rigged > adj sa\d of a sailing ship:
having three or more masts square-rigged, full-sailed > adj\ having all sails set;
having sails filled with wind. 2 advancing with speed and momentum, full-scale >
adj\ ...
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Tales from the Great Lakes: Based on C.H.J. Snider's ...
Merritt and the American schooner Reuben Doud, all of which had been cut
down to barges at one time or another, were refitted as full-rigged schooners and
enjoyed a few years of full-sailed happiness, carrying coal to Toronto. It was hard
to ...
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An Historical and Chronological Déduction of the Origin of ...
To make boats, for the carriage of burdens and passengers, to run upon the
water " as swift in calms, and more fast in ilorms, then boars full sailed in great
winds." At this time the fishery of the United Netherlands was got to a very great
height; ...
Adam Anderson, Combe, 1787
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Concise English Dictionary
adjs. full-sailed having all sails set: having sails filled with wind: advancing with
speed and momentum; full-scale of the samesize as the original: involving full
power or maximum effort.— full sister see full brother. — advs. full-speed, full-split
...
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Taking the Sea: Perilous Waters, Sunken Ships, and the True ...
When living in Oakland, Whitelaw took the ferries to the San Francisco waterfront.
These boats mixed in the harbor with the large, full-sailed, and smokestacked
freighters of the Orient, clipper ships and side-wheelers SUCCESS, SEALING, ...
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Crossing the Salt Flats
So long, so long they were next door, The house dark and private next to our
garden, Their slow, full-sailed navigation of our streets. We tried to avoid them, for
their loftiness Demanded deference from us, yet they ignored Polite greetings if ...
Christopher Wiseman, 1999
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The English Lanuage and English Grammar
In general full retains both /'s in compound words as full-blown, full-sailed, but is
liable to drop one before consonantal suffixes. Some write fulfill and others fulfil.
but no one writes fullfill. 12. Words ending in a doubled consonant generally ...
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Mabel Dodge Luhan: New Woman, New Worlds
Despair and gnawing are on him, and he knows her Unattainable who is born of
will and hill — Far-bright as a plunging full-sailed ship. . ,85 When he went off to
cover the war in the Balkans, Reed told his publisher, Carl Hovey of the ...
Lois Palken Rudnick, 1987
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FULL-SAILED»
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full-sailed is used in the context of the following news items.
Travel: Quebec
Crag and tail mountains ride the horizon beneath a fleet of full-sailed clouds. Between Stornoway and its southern neighbour, Gould, three ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 15»
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. : It's a Corporate World
The first single, and first song on the album, “Morning Thought,” is a full-sailed exampled of how good Epstein and Zott are when all the little ... «Paste Magazine, Jun 11»
The Need for Speed Usually Leaves Ice Boaters Frozen in Their …
It admits four ice-boat classes: DNs, Renegades, Skeeters and a few grandly restored, full-sailed "stern steerers." In all, 75 ice boaters paid $15 ... «Wall Street Journal, Feb 10»
