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sailless, a.|ˈseɪllɪs|
[f. sail n.1 + -less.]
Having no sails. a. Of a boat, rigging, etc.
a1618Sylvester Mem. Mortal. xxv, But, Beauty, Gracelesse, is a Saile-lesse Bark. 1837Fraser's Mag. XVI. 165 Oarless and sailless sped we. 1895M. Stokes Three Months in Forests France 230 The phantom ship, sail-less, rudderless, and unmanned.
b. Of the sea: Destitute of ships, vessels, etc. Also fig.
1827Pollok Course T. iii. (1869) 80 What nights he spent, Of tideless, waveless, sailless, shoreless woe! 1858Longfellow M. Standish iii. 37 The disk of the ocean, Sailless, sombre, and cold. 1859Whittier Double-headed Snake 15 On the desolate shore of a sailless sea. |