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Jib Topsail (A)

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A light sail flying from the extreme forward end of the flying-jib boom, and set about half-way between the mast and the boom.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Jewels
Jewels
Jewels
Jezebel
Jib
Jib (To)
Jib-boom
Jib-door
Jib-stay (A)
Jib Topsail (A)
Jiffy
Jig
Jilt (To)
Jim Crow
Jingo
Jingoes (The)
Jingoism
Jinn
Jinnistan
Joachim (St.)