furl

• So it's not even that FDR exposed the patriots who heeded his call to this later blacklisting that makes the back of my neck furl, it's that other pathetically self-serving, parasitical artists would lunge at the opportunity to promote themselves through the process. —  edward_ winkleman
• His Flag at furl, portmanteaued; drains to the dregs The penultimate brandy-bottle, coal-on-the-head-piece gift Of who avenged the Old Sea-Rover's smirch. —  The Book of Humorous Verse
• This sail belonged to us altogether, to reef and to furl, and not a man was allowed to come upon our yard. —  Two Years Before the Mast
• The men reported the current setting to eastward at the rate of two and a-half or three miles an hour As the sails were now only forcing the ship further on the shoal, orders were given to furl, and to hoist out all the boats except the jolly-boat and gig--both of these orders were promptly obeyed. —  Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849
• Then, taking another glance at the threatening horizon, he added, with emphasis, "Furl them--furl them both: Away aloft, and hand your courses," he continued, in a shout; "roll them up, cheerily; in with them, boys, cheerily; in The conscious seamen took their impulses from the tones of their Commander. —  The Red Rover

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