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sail

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sail: see sailing sailing, as a sport, the art of navigating a sailboat for recreational or competitive purposes.

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There is no single "yacht type" of boat, rather many types that include sloops, yawls, catamarans, and ketches.
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1.(body, education)SAIL - Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
2.(language)SAIL - Stanford Artificial Intelligence Language.
3.(language)SAIL - An early system on the Larc computer.

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


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25-31) So said he: but the master chid him with taunting words: `Madman, mark the wind and help hoist sail on the ship: catch all the sheets.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
When they caught a boat like this at sea, they would steal everything on it; and after they had taken the people off they would sink the ship and sail back to Barbary singing songs and feeling proud of the mischief they had done.
The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Lofting, Hugh View in context
Next they said that Peter had no oars, and this caused the thrushes to look at each other in dismay, but Peter replied that he had no need of oars, for he had a sail, and with such a proud, happy face he produced a sail which he had fashioned out of this night-gown, and though it was still rather like a night-gown it made a lovely sail.
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
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