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taut
Chiefly nautical in good order; neat


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" Because "grow" is the right word for the long drift of a cable emerging aslant under the strain, taut as a bow-string above the water.
32-54) When he had said this, he had mast and sail hoisted on the ship, and the wind filled the sail and the crew hauled taut the sheets on either side.
As they went cutting sidewise through the water, the sails bellied taut, with the wind filling and overflowing them.
 
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