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W WAD to WARP WASH to WATER-LINES WATER-LOGGED to WAY of a ship WATER-LOGGED WATER-SAIL WATER-SHOT WATER-SPOUT WATER-WAY WAVE WAY of a ship WEARING to WELL-ROOM WHARF to WIND WIND to WINDLASS WINDSAIL to WRECK Search Contact us
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WAY of a shipWAY of a ship, the course or progress which the makes on the water under sail. Thus, when she begins her motion, she is said to be under way; and when that motion increases, she is said to have fresh way through the water. Hence also she is said to have bead-way or stern-way. See those articles.
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