Sail, subst. 1) the sheet which catches the wind and carries the vessel on: Tp. I, 2, 147. V, 315. Err. I, 1, 117. Merch. I, 1, 9. John IV, 2, 23. H6C II, 6, 35. Hml. I, 3, 56. IV, 6, 17. V, 2, 120. Oth. II, 1, 78. under s. == sailing: LLL V, 2, 549. Mids. I, 1, 174. Merch. II, 6, 68. II, 8, 1. II, 8, 1 Cor. II, 2, 110. to hoist s. == to draw up and set the sail: Sonn. 117, 7. Err. V, 21. Tw. I, 5, 215. R3 IV, 4, 529. Ant. III, 10, 15. to strike s., i. e. to lower the sail, == to humble one's self: H4B V, 2, 18. H6C III, 3, 5. “bear so low a s., to strike to thee,” V, 1, 52. Metaphorically: “the proud full s. of his great verse,” Sonn. 86, 1. “be like a king and show my s. of greatness,” H5 I, 2, 274. Plur. --s: Tp. Epil. H5 I, 2, 274 Wiv. II, 2, 142. Mids. II, 1, 128. Merch. II, 6, 18. R2 II, 1, 265. H5 III Chor. H5 III Chor. R3 IV, 4, 233. Troil. II, 2, 74. Rom. I, 4, 113. Ant. II, 2, 198. III, 11, 55. IV, 12, 4. Cymb. II, 4, 28. Per. V, 1, 256. V, 2, 15.
Pars pro toto, s. == a ship: Sonn. 80, 6. Rom. II, 4, 108. Oth. II, 1, 4. Oth. II, 1, 4 Oth. II, 1, 4 Oth. II, 1, 4 Cymb. I, 3, 2. Per. III Prol. 20. Plur. “--s:” Ant. II, 6, 24. III, 7, 50. Plur. “s.:” John III, 4, 2. Oth. I, 3, 37.
2) voyage by sea, sailing: “my butt and very seamark of my utmost s.” Oth. V, 2, 268.
3) fleet, squadron: “we have descried a portly s. of ships make hitherward,” Per. I, 4, 61.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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