An abrupt swerve from the course of a ship.
A sheer curtain or fabric.
The curve of the main deck or gunwale from bow to stern.
Used to emphasize the amount or degree of something.
Very steep; almost vertical or perpendicular.
Downright; complete; pure.
Very thin or transparent.
To swerve from a course.
In a fore-and-aft-rigged sailing boat, the sail that is set above the gaff at the top part of the mast.
A sail or either of the two sails rigged just above the course sail and supported by the topmast on a square-rigged sailing ship.