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a.
Leave of abserice; especially, leave given to an offcer or soldier to be absent from service for a certain time; also, the document granting leave of absence.
v. t. & i.
To loose from a furled state; to unfold; to expand; to open or spread; as, to unfurl sails; to unfurl a flag.
n.
Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling.
v. t.
Same as Furl.
v. t.
To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.
n.
In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship.
n.
One of the clews or lower corners of a course or a topsail when the middle part or the rest of the sail is furled.
v. t.
To take a turn with (a line, gasket, etc.), as around a sail in furling, and make secure.
imp. & p. p.
of Furl
n.
A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gaskets are common lines; harbor gaskets are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also casket.
v. t.
To furnish with a furlough; to grant leave of absence to, as to an offcer or soldier.
n.
That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Furl
a.
A measure of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty rods; two hundred and twenty yards.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Furlough
v. t.
To furl; -- said of a sail.
v. t.
To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or around its staff, securing it there by a gasket or line. Totten.
n.
The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
n.
A military pass for a soldier on furlough.
imp. & p. p.
of Furlough
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