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  • 11close-hauled — adjective Date: 1769 having the sails set for sailing as nearly against the wind as the vessel will go …

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  • 12close-hauled — /klohs hawld /, adj., adv. Naut. as close to the wind as a vessel will sail, with sails as flat as possible; full and by. [1760 70] * * * …

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  • 13close-hauled — /kloʊs ˈhɔld/ (say klohs hawld) adjective sailing as close to the wind as a vessel will sail, with sails trimmed as flat as possible …

  • 14close-hauled — adjective having the sails trimmed for sailing as close to the wind as possible • Similar to: ↑close • Topics: ↑seafaring, ↑navigation, ↑sailing …

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  • 15Multiple unit — This article is about Multiple Units vehicles. For the train control technology, see Multiple unit train control. Multiple unit trains Subtypes Electric multiple unit Diesel multiple unit Push–pull train Technology …

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  • 16commercial fishing — Introduction  the taking of fish and other seafood and resources from oceans, rivers, and lakes for the purpose of marketing them.       Fishing is one of the oldest employments of humankind. Ancient heaps of discarded mollusk shells (shell… …

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  • 174-6-2 — Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, a 4 6 2 locomotive has four leading wheels (generally arranged in a leading truck), six coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels (often but not always in a trailing… …

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  • 18Newcastle Flyer — A 3801 hauled train replicating the old Newcastle Flyer The Newcastle Express, better known as the Newcastle Flyer, was an Australian passenger express train operated from late 1929 to 1988 connecting the cities of Newcastle and Sydney. Contents …

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  • 19Southerner (train) — The Southerner was a passenger express train that ran in New Zealand s South Island between Christchurch and Invercargill via Dunedin along the Main South Line. It commenced service on Tuesday, 1 December 1970 and ceased on Sunday, 10 February… …

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  • 20Junk Rig — The Junk rig, also known as the Chinese lugsail and Sampan rig, is a type of sail rig in which rigid members, called battens, span the full width of the sail and extend the sail forward of the mast. [Hasler MacLeod, Practical Junk Rig , Tiller… …

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