Definition of Outsailing

1. Verb. (present participle of outsail) ¹

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Definition of Outsailing

1. outsail [v] - See also: outsail

Lexicographical Neighbors of Outsailing

outrows
outrun
outrung
outrunner
outrunners
outrunning
outruns
outrush
outrushed
outrushes
outrushing
outs
outsaid
outsail
outsailed
outsailing
outsails
outsang
outsat
outsave
outsaved
outsaves
outsaving
outsavor
outsavored
outsavoring
outsavors
outsaw
outsay
outsaying

Literary usage of Outsailing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Metropolitan (1839)
"The instant that the frigate put about, my English consorts crowded all sail, with the evident desire of outsailing the suspected sloop, and I imitated ..."

2. The Lives of Eminent Philadelphians, Now Deceased by Henry Simpson (1859)
"... be an overmatch for ships-of-the-line, (whose lower ports must then be closed), and in light winds could evade coming to action by outsailing them. ..."

3. The Lives of Eminent Philadelphians, Now Deceased by Henry Simpson (1859)
"... be an overmatch for ships-of-the-line, (whose lower ports must then be closed), and in light winds could evade coming to action by outsailing them. ..."

4. The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Travels and Explorations of the by Reuben Gold Thwaites, Jesuits (1896)
"Afterwards, they continued to encounter other masses of ice, for a distance of fifty leagues, which they had much difficulty in outsailing. ..."

5. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1867)
"Stark outsailing the enemy, took in her light sails, and as soon as the British vessels came within gun shot, the ship was found to be a vessel mounting 28 ..."

6. A Naval History of the American Revolution by Gardner Weld Allen (1913)
"... we hope, of outsailing any of the enemies, it appears that you might venture to call at Cape Henlopen or Cape May for intelligence, without incurring ..."

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