make sail
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Please get up the anchor and make sail.
From A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
My ship was under topsails, and it took us some little time to make sail.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Raphael Semmes
I'd make sail if I were you, old fellow.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
"All hands make sail in chase!" was the cry; and, before night, the cat-haters had taken a valuable prize.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various
Oh, sir!" cried El Toro, his voice indistinct with terror, "let us make sail at once and leave behind us this horrible place.
From A Desperate Voyage by Edward Frederick Knight
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