[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sail \sail\, n. oe. seil, as. segel, segl; akin to d. zeil,
   ohg. segal, g.  sw. segel, icel. segl, dan. seil. root
   153.
   1. an extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the
      wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels
      through the water.
      1913 webster

            behoves him now both sail and oar.    --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.
      1913 webster

   3. a wing; a van. poetic
      1913 webster

            like an eagle soaring
            to weather his broad sails.           --spenser.
      1913 webster

   4. the extended surface of the arm of a windmill.
      1913 webster

   5. a sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
      1913 webster

   note: in this sense, the plural has usually the same form as
         the singular; as, twenty sail were in sight.
         1913 webster

   6. a passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon
      the water.
      1913 webster

   note: sails are of two general kinds, fore-and-aft sails,
         and square sails. square sails are always bent to
         yards, with their foot lying across the line of the
         vessel. fore-and-aft sails are set upon stays or gaffs
         with their foot in line with the keel. a fore-and-aft
         sail is triangular, or quadrilateral with the after
         leech longer than the fore leech. square sails are
         quadrilateral, but not necessarily square. see phrases
         under fore, a., and square, a.; also, bark,
         brig, schooner, ship, stay.
         1913 webster

   sail burton naut., a purchase for hoisting sails aloft
      for bending.

   sail fluke zool., the whiff.

   sail hook, a small hook used in making sails, to hold the
      seams square.

   sail loft, a loft or room where sails are cut out and made.
      

   sail room naut., a room in a vessel where sails are
      stowed when not in use.

   sail yard naut., the yard or spar on which a sail is
      extended.

   shoulder-of-mutton sail naut., a triangular sail of
      peculiar form. it is chiefly used to set on a boat's mast.
      

   to crowd sail. naut. see under crowd.

   to loose sails naut., to unfurl or spread sails.

   to make sail naut., to extend an additional quantity of
      sail.

   to set a sail naut., to extend or spread a sail to the
      wind.

   to set sail naut., to unfurl or spread the sails; hence,
      to begin a voyage.

   to shorten sail naut., to reduce the extent of sail, or
      take in a part.

   to strike sail naut., to lower the sails suddenly, as in
      saluting, or in sudden gusts of wind; hence, to
      acknowledge inferiority; to abate pretension.

   under sail, having the sails spread.
      1913 webster
see also:
fore-and-aft sails square sails fore square bark brig 
schooner ship stay sail burton sail fluke 
sail hook sail loft sail room sail yard shoulder-of-mutton sail 
to crowd sail crowd to loose sails to make sail to set a sail 
to set sail to shorten sail to strike sail under sail 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sail \sail\, v. t.
   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.
      1913 webster

            a thousand ships were manned to sail the sea.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. to fly through; to glide or move smoothly through.
      1913 webster

            sublime she sails
            the aerial space, and mounts the wing`ed gales.
                                                  --pope.
      1913 webster

   3. to direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel; as, to
      sail one's own ship. --totten.
      1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sail \sail\, v. i. imp.  p. p. sailed; p. pr.  vb. n.
   sailing. as. segelian, seglian. see sail, n.
   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.
      1913 webster

   2. to move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a
      water fowl.
      1913 webster

   3. to be conveyed in a vessel on water; to pass by water; as,
      they sailed from london to canton.
      1913 webster

   4. to set sail; to begin a voyage.
      1913 webster

   5. to move smoothly through the air; to glide through the air
      without apparent exertion, as a bird.
      1913 webster

            as is a winged messenger of heaven, . . .
            when he bestrides the lazy pacing clouds,
            and sails upon the bosom of the air.  --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
sailed sailing sail 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

sail
     n 1: a large piece of fabric as canvas by means of which wind
          is used to propel a sailing vessel syn: canvas, canvass,
           sheet
     2: an ocean trip taken for pleasure syn: cruise
     v 1: traverse or travel by ship on a body of water; "we sailed
          the atlantic"; "he sailed the pacific all alone"
     2: move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions; "the diva
        swept into the room"; "shreds of paper sailed through the
        air"; "the searchlights swept across the sky" syn: sweep
     3: travel in a boat propelled by wind; "i love sailing,
        especially on the open sea"
     4: travel by boat on a boat propelled by wind or by other
        means; "the qe2 will sail to southampton tomorrow" syn: voyage,
         navigate
see also:
canvas canvass sheet cruise sweep voyage 
navigate 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

178 moby thesaurus words for "sail":
   aeroplane, airlift, airplane, balloon, balloon sail, batten,
   be airborne, be effortless, be painless, boat, boltrope, breeze,
   canoe, canvas, carry sail, circumnavigate, clew, cloth, coast,
   course, cringle, cross, crossing, crowd of sail, cruise, dart,
   drift, earing, embark, ferry, fleet, flit, float, flow, fly,
   fly-by-night, flying kites, foot, fore gaff-topsail,
   fore topgallant sail, fore-and-aft sail, fore-skysail,
   fore-topmast staysail, fore-topsail, foreroyal, foresail,
   forestaysail, galley, get under way, ghost, give no trouble, glide,
   glissade, go by ship, go easily, go like clockwork,
   go off soundings, go on shipboard, go to sea, have way upon, head,
   hop, hover, hydroplane, ice-skate, jenny, jet, jib, jigger, leech,
   leg, leg-of-mutton sail, loose-footed sail, luff, lug,
   main gaff-topsail, main royal, main skysail, main-royal staysail,
   main-topsail, mainsail, make a passage, mizzen, mizzen skysail,
   mizzen staysail, mizzen-royal staysail, mizzen-topgallant sail,
   moonraker, moonsail, motorboat, muslin, navigate, ocean trip,
   parachute spinnaker, passage, pilot, plain sail, plane,
   plow the deep, ply, present no difficulties, press of sail,
   push off, put off, put to sea, rag, reduced sail, reef, reef point,
   reefed sail, ride, ride the sea, roll, roller-skate, row, royal,
   run, run smoothly, sail away, sail round, sail the sea, sailboat,
   sailing boat, sailing cruiser, sailing ship, sailing vessel,
   sailplane, scud, scull, sea trip, seafare, seaplane, set sail,
   shakedown cruise, shoot, shove off, sideslip, skate, skateboard,
   ski, skid, skim, skyscraper, sled, sleigh, slide, slip, slither,
   soar, spanker, spinnaker, spitfire, square sail, staysail, steam,
   steamboat, steer, stern staysail, storm trysail, sweep,
   take a voyage, take the air, take wing, tall ship, toboggan,
   topsail, traverse, trysail, volplane, voyage, waft,
   walk the waters, windboat, windjammer, windship, wing, work well,
   yacht

[6] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

sail
     stanford artificial intelligence laboratory language usa
     
     

[7] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

sail /sayl/, not /s-a-i-l/ n. 1. the stanford artificial intelligence
   lab. an important site in the early development of lisp; with the mit ai
   lab, bbn, cmu, xerox parc, and the unix community, one of the major
   wellsprings of technical innovation and hacker-culture traditions see
   the waits entry for details. the sail machines were shut down in
   late may 1990, scant weeks after the mit ai lab's its cluster was
   officially decommissioned. 2. the stanford artificial intelligence
   language used at sail sense 1. it was an algol-60 derivative with a
   coroutining facility and some new data types intended for building
   search trees and association lists.


see also:
waits 

[8] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

sail
     
        1.  stanford artificial intelligence
        laboratory.
     
        2.  stanford artificial intelligence language.
     
        3.  an early system on the larc computer.
     
        listed in cacm 25:16, may 1959.
     
        jargon file
     
        2001-06-22
     
     
see also:
stanford artificial intelligence laboratory stanford artificial intelligence language larc jargon file 

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