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fill away

British

verb

(intr, adverb) nautical to cause a vessel's sails to fill, either by steering it off the wind or by bracing the yards

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Immediately ordered the officer to fill away; went on deck, and at a glance perceived that the sail was a brig running clear of us, and some distance astern.

From The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter by Semmes, Raphael

It only remained to "fill away," by bracing her head-yards sharp up, when the vast mass overcame its inertia, and began to move through the water.

From Jack Tier by Cooper, James Fenimore

Then keep your weather eye on me and follow in my wake when I fill away for Newbern.

From True To His Colors by Castlemon, Harry

Captain Low had now only to fill away, and make sail, on his cruise.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael

No sooner had their officer returned, however, than an order was given to fill away, it being supposed that the Poughkeepsie had no further concern with the brigantine.

From Jack Tier by Cooper, James Fenimore

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