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Look up: sail

  1. SAIL
    acronym: Steel Authority of India Limited
    Found on http://cdiac.ornl.gov/pns/acronyms.html#

  2. sail
    [n] - a large piece of fabric (as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel 2. [v] - travel in a boat propelled by wind 3. [v] - traverse or travel by ship on (a body of water)
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Sail
    A large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) which is used to propel a sailing vessel.
    Found on http://www.hobbyshed.co.uk/model_kit_mod

  4. sail
    sheet of canvas or strong textile material cut to a particular shape and hemmed and usually fitted with eyelets or other fastening devices Category: Various industries and crafts • describes a specific deployment state of an automatic parachute,deployed with a static line and deployment ...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. Sail
    Sail noun [ Middle English seil , Anglo-Saxon segel , segl ; akin to Dutch zeil , Old High German segal , G. & Swedish segel , Icelandic segl , Danish seil . √ 153.] 1. An extent ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/6

  6. Sail
    Sail intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sailed ; present participle & verbal noun Sailing .] [ Anglo-Saxon segelian , seglian . See Sail ,
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/6

  7. Sail
    Sail transitive verb 1. To pass or move upon, as in a ship, by means of sails; hence, to move or journey upon (the water) by means of steam or other force. « A thousand ships were manned to sail the sea.» Dryden. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/6

  8. sail
    1. To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by the action of steam or other power. ... 2. To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl. ... 3. To be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water;...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  9. sail
    noun a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. Sail
    • (n.) To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a water fowl. • (n.) A wing; a van. • (n.) To set sail; to begin a voyage. • (n.) A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water. • (n.) To move smoothly through the air; to glide through the...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. sail
    (from the article `Edaphosaurus`) ...3.5 metres (11.5 feet) long, with a short, low skull and blunt conical teeth. The head was very small in comparison with the massive barrel-like ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/7

  12. sail
    (from the article `energy conversion`) ...Persian millwright of 644, although windmills may actually have been used earlier. These mills, erected near what is now the Iran–Afghanistan ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/7

  13. sail
    an extent of fabric (such as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a ship through water.[6 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/7

  14. Sail
    [Lake District] Sail is a hill in the English Lake District, lying between Derwentwater and Crummock Water. ==Topography== The North Western Fells occupy the area between the rivers Derwent and Cocker, a broadly oval swathe of hilly country, elongated on a north-south axis. Two roads cross f...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sail_(Lake_

  15. Sail
    [submarine] In naval parlance, the sail (American usage) or fin (European/Commonwealth usage) of a submarine is the tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines. Submarine sails usually house the conning tower (command and communications data center), the periscop...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sail_(subma

  16. Sail
    [letter] Sail or Saille is the Irish name of the fourth letter of the Ogham alphabet, ᚄ, meaning "willow". The name is related to Welsh helyg(en) and Latin salix. Its Proto-Indo-European root was *sal-. Its phonetic value is [s]. ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sail_(lette

  17. SAIL
    1. (body, education) Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. 2. (language) Stanford Artificial Intelligence Language. 3. (language) An early system on the Larc computer. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959]. [Jargon File] (2001-06-22)
    Found on http://foldoc.org/SAIL

  18. SAIL
    [programming language] SAIL, the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Language, was developed by Dan Swinehart and Bob Sproull of the Stanford AI Lab in 1970. It was originally a large ALGOL 60-like language for the PDP-10 and DECSYSTEM-20. SAIL`s main feature is a symbolic data system based upo...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAIL_(progr

  19. Sail
    [disambiguation] A sail is any type of surface intended to move a vessel, vehicle or rotor by being placed in a wind. Sail or SAIL may also refer to: ==Derived from the traditional meaning of Sail== ==Sailing event== ==Acronyms== ==Places== ==Other== == See also == ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sail_(disam

  20. Sail
    A sail is any type of surface intended to move a vessel, vehicle or rotor by being placed in a wind—in essence a propulsion wing. Sails are used in sailing. ==History of sails== The earliest known depictions of sails are from ancient Egypt around 3200 BCE, where reed boats sailed upstream against...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sail

  21. Sail
    a piece of cloth that catches or directs the wind and so powers a vessel.
    Found on http://www.sailinglinks.com/glossary.htm

  22. sail
    sail: see sailing.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sports/A09

  23. Sail
    [novel] Sail is a mystery novel by the bestselling author, James Patterson, and co-author, Howard Roughan, that was released on June 10, 2008. ==Plot== A tuna is caught in the Bahamas. Inside the tuna is a coca-cola bottle with a note inside stating the Dunnes are alive. The book flashes bac...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sail_(novel

  24. Sail
    [hieroglyph] The Ancient Egyptian Sail hieroglyph is Gardiner sign listed no. P5 for the sail of a ship. The hieroglyph shows a hoisted sail, curved because of wind filling it. It is used in Egyptian hieroglyphs as a determinative for words related to wind, air, breath, sailors, (as "nefu"),...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sail_(hiero

  25. Sail
    [song] "Sail" is a song by American electronic rock band Awolnation, taken from the band`s debut EP Back from Earth and later featured on their debut album Megalithic Symphony. The song peaked at #5 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart, and is the band`s most commercially successful song...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sail_(song)



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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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