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sprit-sail top-sail

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  1. sprit-sail top-sail

    A sail extended above the sprit-sail by a yard, which hung under the jib-boom.--Top-gallant sprit-sail was set upon the flying jib-boom in the same manner that the sprit-sail was set upon the inner jib-boom. The sprit-sail course, top-sail, and topgallant-sail were similar in effect to those on the fore-mast, and in former times, when the bowsprit stood more erect, it was indeed the bowsprit or mast.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sprit-sail top-sail in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sprit-sail top-sail in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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