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noun

Sailer n.

A sailor. (R.)

A ship or other vessel; with qualifying words descriptive of speed or manner of sailing; as, a heavy sailer; a fast sailer.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sailer" Quotes from Famous Books

... to watch the brigantine, which I discovered to be standing on and off in a very undecided manner, as though hesitating to attack. My spirits fell again at this, for with all my inexperience I knew her to be a better sailer than the Black Moll. Her master, as Griggs remarked, "was no d—d slouching lubber, and knew a yardarm ...

— The Crossing • Winston Churchill

... and he often made secret passages over to Scotland for no one knew what trade. But it was for none of these purposes that the new boat was required, for it had been built with a deep keel and a lugger rig, with a view to being a quick sailer. ...

— The Pilots of Pomona • Robert Leighton

... was worthy of the honour, being a very fast sailer and a noble craft every way. I boarded her once at midnight somewhere off the Patagonian coast, and drank good flip down in the forecastle. It was a fine gam we had, and they were all trumps—every soul on board. A short life to them, and a jolly death. And that fine gam I had—long, very long ...

— Moby Dick; or The Whale • Herman Melville

... learnt more or less as to French & Spanish, & some Latin works, but of Italian I know those only of Scupoli, and of German absolutely nothing. The only books I have seen are some sermons by Sailer, wh, altho' clear and energetic, contain nothing wh one did not know before; they have nothing ...

— Memoirs of James Robert Hope-Scott, Volume 2 • Robert Ornsby

... big fool dis darkey was to run away!" murmured Aleck meditatively. "I wasn't cut out fo' no sailer man. Ise been sick most ebery day since I left shoah. By de way, whar is dis ship bound?" he ...

— The Rover Boys in the Jungle • Arthur M. Winfield

... quickly overhauled and passed, as though she had not been moving. Olaf had wanted to have a race; but now he saw that this was useless; for the Long Serpent had proved herself to be not only the most beautiful ship to look upon, but also the quickest sailer of ...

— Olaf the Glorious - A Story of the Viking Age • Robert Leighton