КНИГИ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫКЕ, ИМЕЮЩЕЕ ОТНОШЕНИЕ К СЛОВУ «CROWD ON SAIL»
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The Pirate Primer: Mastering the Language of Swashbucklers ...
(Captain Vallo, “The Crimson Pirate” 1:34:36) crowd on sail [crowood arrn sayell]
crowd that canvas [crowood tharrt canverss] A command to loosen and spread
large amounts of sail so as to get a vessel under way or increase its speed.
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Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
CROWD crowds/a (whole) crowd of very many (people) Crowds of people line
the roadside to welcome the President. crowd on sail raise many sails in order to
increase speed The team decided to crowd on sail when they realised they were
...
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A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to ...
The French admiral forms a line of battle to engage the British, while the ships of
the convoy crowd on sail in an effort to escape. Anson overhauls the French
ships of the line and captures all of them. The British also secure seven of the
convoy ...
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British Flags; Their Early History and their Developement at ...
Item, if the said lord wishes to set a bonnet and crowd on sail he will show three
lanterns one above the other and keep them out until the others have answered
with a similar signal, and each shall be bound to crowd on sail to follow the said ...
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Perspectives
on American English
If ships were bound in the same direction they enjoyed racing, when first one
then the other would crowd on sail andforge ahead, used by landsmen to mean '
distance competitors'. It was always a matter of interest if another sail was ...
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Atlantic Navigator (1854)
Small vessels may crowd on sail for the bar, where they will wait until the same
flag hoisted at the tower directs them to the entrance. 2. The chief pilot considers
that the state of the sea will permit only large vessels to enter. In this case the ...
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John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy
Swooping to leeward and climbing to windward, Jones came to appreciate the
sailing qualities of his new command. With her immense forty- foot bowsprit and
an even longer mainsail boom, she could crowd on sail. At times, too much sail:
in ...
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A Voyage to California, the Sandwich Islands, and Around the ...
... signal of farewell resounded all the more loudly in our hearts because it was
high time to crowd on sail and put out to sea. In the afternoon the wind freshened,
and we experienced the satisfaction of leaving all the other ships behind, even ...
Auguste Bernard Duhaut-Cilly, August Frugé, Neal Harlow, 1999
... 6 Courses 55 Cove 35 Covering board 6 Cowl 8 Cow tail 27 CQR28 Cradle 9
Cranky 4 Crest of waves 37 Crew Definition 55 General orders to crew 57
Cringles 16 Cross cut 18 Crosstrees 11 Crowd on sail 46 Crown Anchor part 28
End of ...
Elliott Dunlap Smith, 2000
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The Retailer's Manual: Embodying the Conclusions of Thirty ...
... though perhaps no storm really does break over him at the time. The more rash
and hcedless, care nothing for the dark cloud on the horizon, “ they have seen
the like before without bringing harm,” and they crowd on sail while the wind is ...
