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  Sail \Sail\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sailed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Sailing.] [AS. segelian, seglian. See Sail, n.]
     1. To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind
        upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body
        of water by the action of steam or other power.
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     2. To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a
        water fowl.
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     3. To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as,
        they sailed from London to Canton.
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     4. To set sail; to begin a voyage.
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     5. To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air
        without apparent exertion, as a bird.
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              As is a winged messenger of heaven, . . .
              When he bestrides the lazy pacing clouds,
              And sails upon the bosom of the air.  --Shak.
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  Sailing \Sail"ing\, n.
     1. The act of one who, or that which, sails; the motion of a
        vessel on water, impelled by wind or steam; the act of
        starting on a voyage.
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     2. (Naut.) The art of managing a vessel; seamanship;
        navigation; as, globular sailing; oblique sailing.
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     Note: For the several methods of sailing, see under
           Circular, Globular, Oblique, Parallel, etc.
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     Sailing master (U. S. Navy), formerly, a warrant officer,
        ranking next below a lieutenant, whose duties were to
        navigate the vessel; and under the direction of the
        executive officer, to attend to the stowage of the hold,
        to the cables, rigging, etc. The grade was merged in that
        of master in 1862.
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  Sailing \Sail"ing\, n.
     1. The act of one who, or that which, sails; the motion of a
        vessel on water, impelled by wind or steam; the act of
        starting on a voyage.
  
     2. (Naut.) The art of managing a vessel; seamanship;
        navigation; as, globular sailing; oblique sailing.
  
     Note: For the several methods of sailing, see under
           Circular, Globular, Oblique, Parallel, etc.
  
     Sailing master (U. S. Navy), formerly, a warrant officer,
        ranking next below a lieutenant, whose duties were to
        navigate the vessel; and under the direction of the
        executive officer, to attend to the stowage of the hold,
        to the cables, rigging, etc. The grade was merged in that
        of master in 1862.

  Sail \Sail\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sailed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Sailing.] [AS. segelian, seglian. See Sail, n.]
     1. To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind
        upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body
        of water by the action of steam or other power.
  
     2. To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a
        water fowl.
  
     3. To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as,
        they sailed from London to Canton.
  
     4. To set sail; to begin a voyage.
  
     5. To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air
        without apparent exertion, as a bird.
  
              As is a winged messenger of heaven, . . . When he
              bestrides the lazy pacing clouds, And sails upon the
              bosom of the air.                     --Shak.

  Circular \Cir"cu*lar\, a. [L. circularis, fr. circulus circle:
     cf. F. circulaire. See Circle.]
     1. In the form of, or bounded by, a circle; round.
  
     2. repeating itself; ending in itself; reverting to the point
        of beginning; hence, illogical; inconclusive; as, circular
        reasoning.
  
     3. Adhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence,
        mean; inferior. See Cyclic poets, under Cyclic.
  
              Had Virgil been a circular poet, and closely adhered
              to history, how could the Romans have had Dido?
                                                    --Dennis.
  
     4. Addressed to a circle, or to a number of persons having a
        common interest; circulated, or intended for circulation;
        as, a circular letter.
  
              A proclamation of Henry III., . . . doubtless
              circular throughout England.          --Hallam.
  
     5. Perfect; complete. [Obs.]
  
              A man so absolute and circular In all those
              wished-for rarities that may take A virgin captive.
                                                    --Massinger.
  
     Circular are, any portion of the circumference of a circle.
        
  
     Circular cubics (Math.), curves of the third order which
        are imagined to pass through the two circular points at
        infinity.
  
     Circular functions. (Math.) See under Function.
  
     Circular instruments, mathematical instruments employed for
        measuring angles, in which the graduation extends round
        the whole circumference of a circle, or 360[deg].
  
     Circular lines, straight lines pertaining to the circle, as
        sines, tangents, secants, etc.
  
     Circular note or letter.
        (a) (Com.) See under Credit.
        (b) (Diplomacy) A letter addressed in identical terms to a
            number of persons.
  
     Circular numbers (Arith.), those whose powers terminate in
        the same digits as the roots themselves; as 5 and 6, whose
        squares are 25 and 36. --Bailey. --Barlow.
  
     Circular points at infinity (Geom.), two imaginary points
        at infinite distance through which every circle in the
        plane is, in the theory of curves, imagined to pass.
  
     Circular polarization. (Min.) See under Polarization.
  
     Circular or Globular sailing (Naut.), the method of
        sailing by the arc of a great circle.
  
     Circular saw. See under Saw.

  sailing
       adj : traveling by boat or ship [syn: at sea(p)]
       n 1: the work of a sailor [syn: seafaring, navigation]
       2: riding in a sailboat
       3: the departure of a vessel from a port
       4: the activity of flying a glider [syn: glide, gliding, sailplaning,
           soaring]

  sailing
     Αγγλικά n.
     η ιστιοπλοΐα

  sailing
     a.
     travelling by ship.
     vb.
     (present participle of en sail nocat=1)
     n.
     1 motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a
  sport or otherwise
     2 navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel
     3 the time of departure from a port
     4 (qual: countable) a scheduled voyage by a ferry or ship.

  sailing
     a.
     travelling by ship.
     vb.
     (present participle of en sail nocat=1)
     n.
     1 motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a
  sport or otherwise
     2 navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel
     3 the time of departure from a port
     4 (qual: countable) a scheduled voyage by a ferry or ship.

  sailing
     a.
     travelling by ship.
     vb.
     (present participle of en sail nocat=1)
     n.
     1 motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a
  sport or otherwise
     2 navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel
     3 the time of departure from a port
     4 (qual: countable) a scheduled voyage by a ferry or ship.

  sailing
     a.
     travelling by ship.
     vb.
     (present participle of en sail nocat=1)
     n.
     1 motion across a body of water in a craft powered by the wind, as a
  sport or otherwise
     2 navigation; the skill needed to operate and navigate a vessel
     3 the time of departure from a port
     4 (qual: countable) a scheduled voyage by a ferry or ship.

  sailing
     Englanti n.
     purjehtiminen
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm s ail ing)

  sailing
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en sail ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb sail)

  Sailing /sˈeɪlɪŋ/
  الإبحار

  sailing //ˈseɪ.lɪŋ// 
  ветроходен
  travelling by ship

  sailing //ˈseɪ.lɪŋ// 
  1. ветроходство 2.
  motion across water
   3.
  skill to operate a vessel
  2. отплаване
  time of departure

  sailing /sˈeɪlɪŋ/
  plavba

  sailing /sˈeɪlɪŋ/ 
  plachtění

  sailing /sˈeɪlɪŋ/ 
  plavba

  sailing /sˈeɪlɪŋ/
  Segeln , Treibenlassen  [zool.]
           Note: eines Wals
           Note: of a whale

  sailing /sˈeɪlɪŋ/
  der Segelsport , Segeln  [sport]
        "single-handed sailing"  - Alleinsegeln, Einhandsegeln
   see: solo sailing, yachting
  

  sailing /sˈeɪlɪŋ/
  abfahrend, auslaufend
        "The cruise ship is sailing this evening."  - Das Kreuzfahrtschiff läuft heute Abend aus.
   see: sail, sailed
  

  sailing /sˈeɪlɪŋ/
  segelnd
   see: sail, sailed, sails, sailed, run before the wind, beat
  

  sailing /sˈeɪlɪŋ/
  
  ιστιοπλοία, ναυτιλία, πλεύση

  sailing //ˈseɪ.lɪŋ// 
  purjehdus-, purjehtiva
  travelling by ship

  sailing //ˈseɪ.lɪŋ// 
  1. purjehtiminen
  motion across water
  2. purjehdus
  scheduled voyage
  3. navigointi
  skill to operate a vessel
  4. lähtöaika
  time of departure

  sailing /sˈeɪlɪŋ/ 
  1. जलयात्रा
        "Shikha took two sailings from one side to other."

  sailing /sˈeɪlɪŋ/
  jedrenja, jedrenje, plovidba, plovidbe, plovidbu, plovno

  sailing /sˈeɪlɪŋ/
  1. indulás
  2. vitorlás
  3. vitorlázó
  4. hajózás
  5. vitorlázás
  6. hajóút
  7. elindulás

  sailing //ˈseɪ.lɪŋ// 
  帆走
  motion across water

  sailing //ˈseɪ.lɪŋ// 
  seilende
  travelling by ship

  sailing /ˈseɪlɪŋ/ 
   1.  kurs
   2.  żegluga

  sailing //ˈseɪ.lɪŋ// 
  seglande
  travelling by ship

  sailing //ˈseɪ.lɪŋ// 
  segling
  motion across water

  sailing /sˈeɪlɪŋ/
  1. gemi ile yolculuk
  2. gemicilik
  3. (den.) kalkış saati. sailing boat yelkenli gemi. sailing orders sefer talimatı.

  
/ˈseɪɫɪŋ/

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "sailing":
     aeronautics, air service, airline, astronautics, aviation,
     ballooning, blind flying, boating, canoeing, circumnavigation,
     cloud-seeding, coasting, commercial aviation, contact flying,
     cruising, flight, flow, flowing, flying, general aviation, glide,
     gliding, gunkholing, motorboating, navigability, navigating,
     navigation, passage-making, periplus, pilotage, rowing,
     sailplaning, sculling, sea travel, seafaring, skating, skiing,
     skim, sledding, slide, sliding, slipping, slither, slithering,
     soaring, steaming, sweep, sweeping, tobogganing, travel by water,
     voyaging, water travel, winging, yachting
  
  

  n. 航行,航海术,启航;

     n. 航行,航海术,启航
     a. 航行的