Example Sentences
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Reefed topsails, set the fore trysail with the bonnet off, and stood on a wind on the starboard tack to the S. and E.
From The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter by Semmes, Raphael
Isle of our hopes beyond the sea of tears, Reefed round with sin and woe, delays and fears.
From A Century of Emblems by Cautley, G. S.
The Storm continued with a little intermission until a little towards Noon, when it abated, so we could set the Topsails close Reefed.
From Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World by Cook, James
Reefed the courses, and furled them; brought to under a foul mizen stay-sail, head to the northward.
