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Word: sail (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...FRESHMAN advertises a table "For Sail...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 12/5/1879 | See Source »

...world with feats of noble oarsmanship, but we are thankful the races are held so late in the year. Were it otherwise, a crew from the Michigan University, or the Hampton College of Virginia, might win one of these races and insist upon our rowing them before setting sail for England...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR SPORTING COLUMN. | 12/19/1878 | See Source »

Unfurled was every inch of sail...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STORM. | 10/25/1878 | See Source »

...amateurs," we always find in the next paragraph, "we define an amateur to be," etc., etc. Nothing could be fairer or plainer than this, and unless Henley really fear us it would be well for her to stop this dodging business, and publish her definition. The Columbia crew sail for England on May 22, but they will hardly do much for their college, as they are evidently rather slow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR SPORTING COLUMN. | 5/17/1878 | See Source »

...swell the lateen-sail, that would away...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LAKE LEMAN. | 2/23/1878 | See Source »

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