fill away

British  

verb

1. (intr, adverb) nautical to cause a vessel's sails to fill, either by steering it off the wind or by bracing the yards

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fill away

It was necessary to fill away, in order to close with them, and a night-signal was made to that effect.

From The Two Admirals by Cooper, James Fenimore

I now resolved to fill away, stand down toward the equator, and hold myself stationary, for a few days, at the “crossing” of that famous great circle.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael

"All right, then," said the skipper, chocking his axe viciously into a sapling birch and leaving it there, "I'll fill away on another tack."

From The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul by Day, Holman

Then, at last, along comes you, and you havin’ turned up, I s’pose there’s no reason why we shouldn’t haul down our ensign, swing the head yards, and fill away to complete the v’yage?”

From The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn by Collingwood, Harry

The officer told Captain Tilton that when the British ensign was hauled down, he might fill away, and proceed on his voyage.

From Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale by Sleeper, John Sherburne