Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SAIL
SAIL, v.t.
- To pass or move upon in a ship, by means of sails. A thousand ships were mann'd to sail the sea. – Dryden. [This use is elliptical, on or over being omitted.]
- To fly through. Sublime she sails / Th' aerial space, and mounts the winged gales. – Pope.
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