What is to bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback. W. C. Russell called?
jam — (Naut.) To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback. W. C. Russell. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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