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ade serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water. Behoves him now both sail and oar. Milton.

Capable of being sailed over; navigable; as, a sailable river.

A boat propelled by a sail or sails.

Duck or canvas used in making sails.

A sailor. [R.] Sir P. Sidney.

The banner fish, or spikefish (Histiophorus.)

The act of one who, or that which, sails; the motion of a vessel on water, impelled by wind or steam; the act of starting on a voyage.

Destitute of sails. Pollok.

One whose occupation is to make or repair sails. -- Sail"mak`ing, n.

One who follows the business of navigating ships or other vessels; one who understands the practical management of ships; one of the crew of a vessel; a mariner; a common seaman.

Like a sail. [R.] Drayton.

The sails on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast. Totten.

ttack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery. No rude noise mine ears assailing. Cowper. No storm can now assail The charm he wears within. Keble.

Capable of being assailed.

Assailing; attacking. Milton.

One who assails.

The act or power of assailing; attack; assault. [R.] His most frequent assailment was the headache. Johnson.

A great-grandfather. [Obs.]

See Sail.

The sail bent to the foreyard of a square-rigged vessel, being the lowest sail on the foremast.