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topgallant
(encz) | topgallant, n: |
Topgallant
(gcide) | Topgallant \Top`gal"lant\, a.
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1. (Naut.) Situated above the topmast and below the royal
mast; designatb, or pertaining to, the third spars in
order from the deck; as, the topgallant mast, yards,
braces, and the like. See Illustration of Ship.
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2. Fig.: Highest; elevated; splendid. "The consciences of
topgallant sparks." --L'Estrange.
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Topgallant breeze, a breeze in which the topgallant sails
may properly be carried.
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Topgallant
(gcide) | Topgallant \Top`gal"lant\, n.
1. (Naut.) A topgallant mast or sail.
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2. Fig.: Anything elevated or splendid. --Bacon.
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topgallant
(wn) | topgallant
n 1: a sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast [syn:
topgallant, topgallant sail]
2: a mast fixed to the head of a topmast on a square-rigged
vessel [syn: topgallant, topgallant mast] |
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topgallant
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topgallant mast
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topgallant sail
(encz) | topgallant sail, n: |
Fore-topgallant
(gcide) | Fore-topgallant \Fore`-top*gal"lant\ (? or ?), a. (Naut.)
Designating the mast, sail, yard, etc., above the topmast;
as, the fore-topgallant sail. See Sail.
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Topgallant breeze
(gcide) | Topgallant \Top`gal"lant\, a.
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1. (Naut.) Situated above the topmast and below the royal
mast; designatb, or pertaining to, the third spars in
order from the deck; as, the topgallant mast, yards,
braces, and the like. See Illustration of Ship.
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2. Fig.: Highest; elevated; splendid. "The consciences of
topgallant sparks." --L'Estrange.
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Topgallant breeze, a breeze in which the topgallant sails
may properly be carried.
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Topgallant gale
(gcide) | Gale \Gale\ (g[=a]l), n. [Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. gal
furious, Icel. galinn, cf. Icel. gala to sing, AS. galan to
sing, Icel. galdr song, witchcraft, AS. galdor charm,
sorcery, E. nightingale; also, Icel. gj[=o]la gust of wind,
gola breeze. Cf. Yell.]
1. A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and
a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests.
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Note: Gales have a velocity of from about eighteen
("moderate") to about eighty ("very heavy") miles an
our. --Sir. W. S. Harris.
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2. A moderate current of air; a breeze.
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A little gale will soon disperse that cloud. --Shak.
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And winds of gentlest gale Arabian odors fanned
From their soft wings. --Milton.
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3. A state of excitement, passion, or hilarity.
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The ladies, laughing heartily, were fast getting
into what, in New England, is sometimes called a
gale. --Brooke
(Eastford).
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Topgallant gale (Naut.), one in which a ship may carry her
topgallant sails.
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topgallant
(wn) | topgallant
n 1: a sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast [syn:
topgallant, topgallant sail]
2: a mast fixed to the head of a topmast on a square-rigged
vessel [syn: topgallant, topgallant mast] |
topgallant mast
(wn) | topgallant mast
n 1: a mast fixed to the head of a topmast on a square-rigged
vessel [syn: topgallant, topgallant mast] |
topgallant sail
(wn) | topgallant sail
n 1: a sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast [syn:
topgallant, topgallant sail] |
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