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sail [n]

1)	a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

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canvas canvass sheet

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piece_of_cloth sailing_ship balloon_sail crossjack fore-and-aft_sail foresail headsail mainsail main-topsail press_of_canvas royal save-all skysail square_sail topgallant topsail

2)	an ocean trip taken for pleasure

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ocean_trip navigate cruise

sail [v]

1)	traverse or travel by ship on (a body of water); "We sailed the Atlantic"; "He sailed the Pacific all alone"

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journey cruise canvas bluejacket crewman

2)	move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions; "The diva swept into the room"; "Shreds of paper sailed through the air"; "The searchlights swept across the sky"

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3)	travel in a boat propelled by wind; "I love sailing, especially on the open sea"

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boat navigation cruise canvas sailing run luff weather beat rack outpoint tack wear_ship change_course

4)	travel by boat on a boat propelled by wind or by other means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow"

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navigate voyage

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journey navigation cruise ocean_trip voyage voyager astrogate cruise

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

1. Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.

2. Stanford Artificial Intelligence Language.

3. An early system on the Larc computer.

[Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959].

[Jargon File]

(2001-06-22)

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