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— William Blake

Tyger, tyger, burning bright

In the forests of the night,

What immortal hand or eye

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

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verb

To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

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sail close to the wind

Part of Speechverb

To sail in a direction close to that from which the wind is blowing, but still making headway

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sail finepointbear uptouchhead upoutpointstretchgo with the wind

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