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A light sail set at the side of a principal or square sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase her speed. Its head is bent to a small spar which is called the studding-sail boom. See Illust. of Sail. Toten.

by. Jewel block (Naut.), block at the extremity of a yard, through which the halyard of a studding sail is rove.

e and toluene. -- Light sails (Naut.), all the sails above the topsails, with, also, the studding sails and flying jib. Dana. -- Light sleeper, one easily wakened. -- Light weight, a prize fighter, boxer, wrestler, or jockey, who is below a standard medium weight. Cf. Feather weight, under Feather. [Cant] -- To make…

A contraction of Studding sail. With every rag set, stunsails, sky scrapers and all. Lowell.

is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.

A small sail sometimes set under a studding sail or under a driver boom, and reaching nearly to the water.

one side and the mainsail on the other; also said of a square-rigged vessel which has her studding sails set. Cf. Goosewinged. -- Wing case (Zoöl.), one of the anterior wings of beetles, and of some other insects, when thickened and used to protect the hind wings; an elytron; -- called also wing cover. -- Wing covert…