Sublime she sails The aërial space, and mounts the wingèd gales.
Pope.
3. To direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to sail one's
own ship. Totten.
Sail"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being sailed over; navigable; as, a
sailable river.
Sail"boat`, n. A boat propelled by a sail or sails.
Sail"cloth` (?), n. Duck or canvas used in making sails.
Sail"er (?), n. 1. A sailor. [R.] Sir P. Sidney.
2. A ship or other vessel; -- with qualifying words descriptive of
speed or manner of sailing; as, a heavy sailer; a fast sailer.
Sail"fish (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) The banner fish, or spikefish
(Histiophorus.) (b) The basking, or liver, shark. (c) The quillback.
Sail"ing (?), n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, sails; the
motion of a vessel on water, impelled by wind or steam; the act of
starting on a voyage.
2. (Naut.) The art of managing a vessel; seamanship; navigation; as,
globular sailing; oblique sailing.
For the several methods of sailing, see under Circular, Globular,
Oblique, Parallel, etc.
Sailing master (U. S. Navy), formerly, a warrant officer, ranking next
below a lieutenant, whose duties were to navigate the vessel; and under
the direction of the executive officer, to attend to the stowage of the
hold, to the cables, rigging, etc. The grade was merged in that of
master in 1862.
Sail"less (?), a. Destitute of sails. Pollok.
Sail"mak`er (?), n. One whose occupation is to make or repair sails. --
Sail"mak`ing, n.
Sail"or (?), n. One who follows the business of navigating ships or
other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships;
one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.
Syn. -- Mariner; seaman; seafarer.
Sailor's choice. (Zoöl.) (a) An excellent marine food fish (Diplodus,
or Lagodon, rhomboides) of the Southern United States; -- called also
porgy, squirrel fish, yellowtail, and salt- water bream. (b) A species
of grunt (Orthopristis, or Pomadasys, chrysopterus), an excellent food
fish common on the southern coasts of the United States; -- called also
hogfish, and pigfish.
Sail"y (?), a. Like a sail. [R.] Drayton.
Saim (?), n. [OF. sain, LL. saginum, fr. L. sagina a fattening.] Lard;
grease. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
||Sai*mir" (?), n. (Zoöl.) The squirrel monkey.
Sain (?), obs. p. p. of Say, for sayen. Said. Shak.
Sain, v. t. [Cf. Saint, Sane.] To sanctify; to bless so as to protect
from evil influence. [R.] Sir W. Scott.
Sain"foin (?; 277), n. [F., fr. sain wholesome (L. sanus; see Sane.) +
foin hay (L. fænum); or perh. fr. saint sacred (L. sanctus; see Saint)
+ foin hay.] (Bot.) (a) A leguminous plant (Onobrychis sativa)
cultivated for fodder. [Written also saintfoin.] (b) A kind of tick
trefoil (Desmodium Canadense). [Canada]
Saint (snt), n. [F., fr. L. sanctus sacred, properly p. p. of sancire
to render sacred by a religious act, to appoint as sacred; akin to
sacer sacred. Cf. Sacred, Sanctity, Sanctum, Sanctus.] 1. A person
sanctified; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue;
any true Christian, as being redeemed and consecrated to God.
Them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints.