furled

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Furled was her every other sail, leaving a clear view of the majestic lines of her hull, from towering stern castle to gilded beakhead that was aflash in the dazzling sunshine.

From Captain Blood by Sabatini, Rafael

Upward their way they steer, Swifter than swimming deer, Furled they their white wings near       Green Hochelaga.

From Verses and Rhymes By the Way by McDougall, Margaret Moran Dixon

Like ships, the anchor dropped, Furled every sail is; Mirrored with all their masts In a deep water.

From Modern British Poetry by Untermeyer, Louis

Like ships, the anchor dropped, Furled every sail is Mirrored with all their masts In a deep water.

From A Cluster of Grapes A Book of Twentieth Century Poetry by Various

Furled at meridian, and ordered the fires to be lighted at 1 P.M.; the weather looking unsettled, heeled the ship and scraped the grass off her port side near the water-line.

From The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter by Semmes, Raphael