fill away

verb

(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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How to use fill away in a sentence

But in less than ten minutes, and before they had made a single mile, they saw the Josephine fill away, and stand towards them.
Down the Rhine | Oliver Optic
Instead of obeying the order, the boatman hauled in his sheet, and the sloop began to fill away.
Stand By The Union | Oliver Optic
The men on the ship beseeched Morgan to fill away and abandon their comrades.
Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer | Cyrus Townsend Brady
As soon as they were on board of the Young America, and the barge hoisted up, orders were given to fill away again.
Dikes and Ditches | Oliver Optic
The officer told Captain Tilton that when the British ensign was hauled down, he might fill away, and proceed on his voyage.
Jack in the Forecastle | John Sherburne Sleeper

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