fill away
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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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
Come, fill away, and let us be moving.
From The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers by Cooper, James Fenimore
It only remained to "fill away," by bracing her head-yards sharp up, when the vast mass overcame its inertia, and began to move through the water.
From Jack Tier by Cooper, James Fenimore
Immediately ordered the officer to fill away; went on deck, and at a glance perceived that the sail was a brig running clear of us, and some distance astern.
From The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter by Semmes, Raphael
But in less than ten minutes, and before they had made a single mile, they saw the Josephine fill away, and stand towards them.
From Down the Rhine Young America in Germany by Optic, Oliver
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