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Lower your Sail

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In French, “Caler la voile,” means to salute; to confess yourself submissive or conquered; to humble oneself.

 

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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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Loving Cup
Low-bell
Low Church
Low Comedian (The)
Low Mass
Low Sunday
Low to High
Lower City (The)
Lower Empire
Lower your Sail
Lowlanders of Attica
Lowndean Professor (Cambridge University)
Loy
Loyal
Loys [lo-is]
Luath
Lubber (A)
Lubber’s Hole
Lubberkin or Lubrican. (Irish, Lobaircin or Leprechaun.)
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