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

The same commendation was given to the first lieutenant, after the barge had been hauled up to the davits, and the order given for the ship to fill away again.

From Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat by Oliver Optic

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 Oliver Optic

Instead of obeying the order, the boatman hauled in his sheet, and the sloop began to fill away.

From Stand By The Union by L. J. (Lewis Jesse) Bridgman

"You stood by me that time, Sir Henry," cried young Teach, who had been told of Morgan's refusal to fill away, "and, by heaven, I'll stand by you in your need!"

From Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main by Will Crawford

“Then,” said Captain Blyth, hesitatingly, “I suppose there is nothing more to be done but to hoist up the boat and fill away upon our course again?”

From The Missing Merchantman by William Heysham Overend