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sprit Nautical a light spar pivoted at the mast and crossing a fore-and-aft quadrilateral sail diagonally to the peak How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Likewise they stretched my boom and sprit until the sail set like a board. Then I removed the sprit, tightly hauling down the peak of the sail, and we raced along under what sailors call a leg-of-mutton. I waited to give Charley all the time I could, and I pretended dissatisfaction with the stretch of the sail and slightly shifted the small tackle by which the huge sprit forces up the peak. |
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