TO SAIL FINE

Definition: TO SAIL FINE

TO SAIL FINE

1. (Naut.), to sail as close to the wind as possible. Syn: Fine , Beautiful . Usage: When used as a word of praise, fine (being opposed to coarse) denotes no ``ordinary thing of its kind.'' It is not as strong as beautiful, in reference to the single attribute implied in the latter term; but when we speak of a fine woman, we include a greater variety of particulars, viz., all the qualities which become a woman, -- breeding, sentiment, tact, etc. The term is equally comprehensive when we speak of a fine garden, landscape, horse, poem, etc.; and, though applied to a great variety of objects, the word has still a very definite sense, denoting a high degree of characteristic excellence.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Anagrams: TO SAIL FINE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-f-i-i-l-n-o-s-t"
	-2 letters: alienist, antilife, elations, fetialis, filiates, finalise, finalist, foliates, inflates, insolate, litanies, notifies, tinfoils, toenails.
	-3 letters: anisole, atonies, elastin, elation, elision, entails, entoils, etalons, fainest, fetials, filiate, finales, finalis, finials, finites, folates, foliate, inflate, inosite, iolites, isatine, isolate, isoline, laities, latinos, liaison, liniest, lionise, nailset, nifties, oiliest, olefins, salient, saltine, slainte, talions, tenails.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-f-i-i-l-n-o-s-t"
	+2 letters: defoliations, exfoliations, fictionalise, frontalities, reinflations.
	+3 letters: felicitations, fictionalised, fictionalises, fictionalizes, informalities, liquefactions.
	+4 letters: emulsification, fertilizations, feudalizations, fictionalities, flagitiousness, fractionalizes, microfilaments, overinflations, proliferations, semifunctional.
	+5 letters: antifashionable, confessionalist, defibrillations, desulfurization, emulsifications, federalizations, flirtatiousness, functionalities, hyperinflations, latensification, underinflations.
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