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Wear round   /wɛr raʊnd/   Listen
Wear round

verb
1.
Turn into the wind.  Synonym: tack.  "The boat tacked"






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"Wear round" Quotes from Famous Books



... through many generations; and one person had a silver-headed cane, marked with a kind of cypher, consisting of the Roman letters, V, O, C, and therefore probably a present from the Dutch East India Company, whose mark it is: They have also ornaments made of beads, which some wear round their necks as a solitaire, and others as bracelets, upon their wrists: These are common to both sexes, but the women have, besides, strings or girdles of beads, which they wear round their waists, and which serve to keep up their petticoat. Both sexes ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 13 • Robert Kerr

... where the captain stood. "Mad-men, know ye what ye are about? It is the holy cross that I wear round my neck. Throw it overboard if you dare, and your souls are lost for ever;" and Philip took the relic from his bosom and showed ...
— The Phantom Ship • Captain Frederick Marryat



Words linked to "Wear round" :   piloting, boat, sail, navigation, pilotage



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