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1 Oversetting -- rank: 1000
Oversetting definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Overset O`ver*set", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overset; p. pr. & vb. n. Oversetting. ] 1. To turn or tip (anything) over from an upright ...
2 Ballast -- rank: 370
... depth, as to enable it to carry sufficient sail, without oversetting. Shingle ballast is ballast of coarse gravel. 2. Figuratively, that ... bottom of a ship or vessel, to keep it from oversetting. 2. To keep any thing steady, by counterbalancing its force ...
3 Overturning -- rank: 370
Overturning definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary OVERTURN'ING, ppr. Oversetting; overthrowing; subverting. OVERTURN'ING, n. An oversetting; subversion; change; revolution. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Overturn O`ver ...
4 Broach -- rank: 370
... sails aback and expose the vessel to the danger of oversetting. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a decorative pin ... sails aback, and expose the vessel to the danger of oversetting. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Broach Broach, n. [OE. broche, F ...
5 Overset -- rank: 370
... v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overset; p. pr. & vb. n. Oversetting. ] 1. To turn or tip (anything) over from an upright ... v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overset; p. pr. & vb. n. Oversetting. ] 1. To turn or tip (anything) over from an upright ...
6 Proa -- rank: 234
... the lee side is flat, the other rounding. To prevent oversetting, the vessel is furnished with a frame extended from the ...
7 Stiff -- rank: 234
... is one that will bear sufficient sail without danger of oversetting. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: not moving or ...
8 Broaching -- rank: 234
... sails aback, and expose the vessel to the danger of oversetting.
9 Broached -- rank: 234
... sails aback, and expose the vessel to the danger of oversetting. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. Tapped, abroach, on ...
10 Bring -- rank: 234
... laying the sails aback, expose her to the danger of oversetting. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: take something or ...
11 To broach to -- rank: 234
... sails aback, and expose the vessel to the danger of oversetting.