CLOSEHAULED

Close"hauled`, a. (Naut.)

Definition: Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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7 June 2025

PARSEC

(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years


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