full-sailed
- a word derived from full sail.
Example Sentences
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All in deep dew the satisfied deep grass Looking straight upward stars itself with white, Like ships in heaven full-sailed do long clouds pass Slowly o'er this great peace, and wide sweet light.
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Ingelow, Jean
That vessel came in here one day last August, a stately, full-sailed bark; nor was it known, till she had anchored, that she was a mass of imprisoned fire below.
From Oldport Days by Higginson, Thomas Wentworth
"Is that my darlin' Major Yeates?" shouted the cook, tacking again and bearing down on me full-sailed.
From Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Ross, Martin
“He said it over-right all that was in the house, and he reddening his pipe at the fire,” replied Mrs. Brickley, in full-sailed response to the helm.
From Humours of Irish Life by Various
The young moon floated in the star-sprinkled heavens like a golden boat, with a faint suggestion of the full-sailed orb.
From Ghetto Tragedies by Zangwill, Israel
