intransitive. To press, drive, or hasten on: said of a ship (or its crew); in later usage, apparently treated as elliptical for crowd sail (see 9).

intransitive. Of a boat or other waterborne craft (or those on board): to sail, esp. swiftly or easily. In technical use frequently spec.: to…

intransitive. ‘To rush with violence; as a ship is said to come booming, when she makes all the sail she can’ (Phillips 1706, whence in Johnson…

to cut a feather. Nautical. Of a ship: To make the water foam before her.

Nautical. with a bone in her mouth (also teeth) and variants: (of a ship) travelling at speed, so as to make the water at the bows foam. Earlier also…

Of a ship, etc.: To move or cut through the water with a roaring sound; to sail or travel quickly. Chiefly Scottish.

intransitive. To move or travel with speed and elasticity; to go quickly and vigorously; to ride or… Of ships: To sail quickly and smartly; to bowl…

intransitive. To sail swiftly and without impediment, to scud. Also in extended use. Frequently with along.

To walk with a vigorous step or stride. Also transferred of a ship.

intransitive. Nautical. Of a yacht or boat: to move or sail with speed; spec. (with reference to windward sailing) to sail with speed as…