Bible Dictionary: Sails

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Steam and Sails
... STEAM AND SAILS. All the vessels on the oceans can be divided into two classes:
steamships and sailing vessels. The sailing vessels ...
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Sails for Penzance
... Wesley Collects Money for the Poor; Visits the House of Lords; His Reasons for his
Long Life; "How is the Tide Turned;" Last Entries Sails for Penzance. ...
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Wesley Sails for America
... Chapter 1. Wesley as a Missionary to Georgia Wesley Sails for America.
1735. Tuesday, October 14."Mr. Benjamin Ingham, of Queen ...
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Ignatius Sails to Smyrna.
... The Martyrdom of Ignatius Chapter III."Ignatius sails to Smyrna. Wherefore,
with great alacrity and joy, through his desire to ...
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Introduction.
... INTRODUCTION. Out upon the sea of human life sails many a bark. But, alas!
how few are sailing tranquil waters. Ascend with me to ...
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The Way the Sail is Set.
... But one way blows the wind. An old sea-captain made reply (His locks with salt-spray
wet): "'Tis not the wind decides the course; 'Tis way the sails are set.". ...
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February 5. "Rest in the Lord" (Ps. xxxvii. ).
... But why "labor to enter into rest"? See that ship"how restfully she sails over the
waters, her sails swelling with the gale; and borne without an effort! ...
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Distinction Between Exterior and Interior Actions --Those of the ...
... He is contented with spreading the sails and sitting at the helm. Spreading the
sails is simply laying ourselves before God, to be moved by His Spirit. ...
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That we Ought to Acknowledge all the Love we Bear to God to be ...
... Our free-will can stay and hinder the course of the inspiration and when the favourable
gale of God's grace swells the sails of our soul it is in our power to ...
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Of Internal Acts
... How is the pilot now employed? He is content with spreading the sails and
holding the rudder. To spread the sails is to lay one's ...
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Thesaurus

Sails (4 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Sails (4 Occurrences). Acts 27:17 And having got
it up, they put cords under and round the ship; but fearing ...
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Fill (126 Occurrences)
... 7. (v.) To press and dilate, as a sail; as, the wind filled the sails. 8. (v.) To
trim (a yard) so that the wind shall blow on the after side of the sails. ...
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Sail (32 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) 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 ...
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Rigging (2 Occurrences)
... Dress; tackle; especially (Naut.), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts
and spars of a vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc. ...
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Sailors (9 Occurrences)

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Cords (80 Occurrences)
... 27:17 And having got it up, they put cords under and round the ship; but fearing
that they might be pushed on to the Syrtis, they let down the sails and so ...
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Navigation (2 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The management of sails, rudder, etc.; the mechanics of traveling by water;
seamanship. 4. (n.) Ships in general. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Lime (4 Occurrences)
... 8. (vt) To treat with lime, or oxide or hydrate of calcium; to manure with lime;
as, to lime hides for removing the hair; to lime sails in order to whiten them ...
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Galley (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having
masts and sails or not. 2. (n.) A large vessel for war ...
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Whip (7 Occurrences)
... 16. (n.) A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip. 17. (n.) One of the
arms or frames of a windmill, on which the sails are spread. 18. ...
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Bible Concordance

Sails (4 Occurrences)

Acts 27:17 And having got it up, they put cords under and round the ship; but fearing that they might be pushed on to the Syrtis, they let down the sails and so went running before the wind.
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Revelation 18:17 For in an hour such great riches are made desolate.' Every shipmaster, and everyone who sails anywhere, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood far away,
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Isaiah 33:23 Your cords have become loose; they were not able to make strong the support of their sails, the sail was not stretched out: then the blind will take much property, the feeble-footed will make division of the goods of war.
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Ezekiel 27:5 They have made all your boards of fir-trees from Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make the supports for your sails.
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Subtopics

Sails

Related Terms

Fill (126 Occurrences)

Sail (32 Occurrences)

Rigging (2 Occurrences)

Sailors (9 Occurrences)

Cords (80 Occurrences)

Navigation (2 Occurrences)

Lime (4 Occurrences)

Galley (1 Occurrence)