make sail
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And what does Adam do but haul up his anchor as soon as Roberts was out of sight, and, being well content with his earnings, make sail for Maryland, where the company was disbanded.
From The Watchers A Novel by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
"Then let's get dinner right away," answered the mate, who knew the captain would make sail as soon as ever he found his "punkins" safe aboard.
From A Modern Buccaneer by Boldrewood, Rolf
"Now for the sheets and to make sail," he cried, and spat the quid.
From The Deemster by Caine, Hall, Sir
Our coal had been exhausted, and I did not dare to strip the spars from the masts lest I should still need them to make sail.
From Harper's Round Table, August 27, 1895 by Various
And so they began to make sail, leaving the boats behind, for they could not hoist them up.
From The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. II by Zurara, Gomes Eannes de
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