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lug-sail
ˈlug-sail [Formation uncertain: perh. f. lug v. or lug n.2] A four-cornered sail, bent upon a yard which is slung at about one-third or one-fourth of its length from one end, and so hangs obliquely. Also attrib.1677 Lond. Gaz. No. 1194/4 She is open in the Midships, and sails with a Lugsail, and one... Oxford English Dictionary
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Lug sail
The lug sail, or lugsail, is a fore-and-aft, four-cornered sail that is suspended from a spar, called a yard. When raised, the sail area overlaps the mast. For "standing lug" rigs, the sail may remain on the same side of the mast on both the port and starboard tacks. For "dipping lug" rigs, the sail... wikipedia.org
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scaf
scaf Also 4–6 skaf(fe, scaff, 5 scaphe, 6 schaffe, 7 erron. scarfe, 9– scaffie, scaffy, scaph, skaffie. [a. OF. scaphe, scauphe, escaf(f)e, ad. L. scapha light boat, skiff, a. Gr. σκάϕη trough, tub, skiff, etc.] 1. A light boat, skiff. Also attrib. in scaffy boat. Chiefly Sc. Now Hist.c 1375 Sc. Leg... Oxford English Dictionary
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nickey
nickey (ˈnɪkɪ) [Of obscure origin.] A kind of boat with a lug-sail, used in the Isle of Man.1883 Fisheries Exhib. Catal. (ed. 4) 132 This rig is rapidly superseding the class of boat for many years used in the Isle of Man, known as ‘Nickeys’, or lug sail boats. 1894 Hall Caine Manxman 358 A Dandie..... Oxford English Dictionary
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lug
▪ I. lug, n.1 Now dial. (lʌg) Also 3–6 lugge, 8–9 lugg. [Of obscure etymology: there is no clear affinity of sense with lug v. or log n.1] 1. A long stick or pole; the branch or limb of a tree. (See also log n.1 1 d.)a 1250 Owl & Night. 1609 An evereuch man is widh me wrodh, An me mid stone and lugg... Oxford English Dictionary
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nabbie
nabbie (ˈnæbɪ) Also nabby. [? f. nobby a.] A type of Scottish boat used esp. in herring-fishing on Loch Fyne and in the Firth of Clyde, and originally having a raking mast, lug-sail and jib. Cf. nobby n. 2.1884 R. Hogarth Herring Fishery 4 These boats were round-sterned—from fourteen to sixteen feet... Oxford English Dictionary
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cobler
▪ I. coble1 (ˈkəʊb(ə)l) Forms: 1 cuopl, 5 kobil, cobyll, 5–6 cobill, 7–9 cobble, 4– coble. [ONorthumbrian cuopl appears to have no Teut. cognates; cf. Welsh ceubal, ceubol ferry-boat, skiff, lighter (prob.:—OWelsh *caupol), Bret. caubal, which Silvan Evans identifies with Lat. caupulus, -ilus, descr... Oxford English Dictionary
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