(n.) With might; with full force; vigorously; violently; exceedingly.
(n.) At full speed; in great haste; also, at once.
(v. t.) To lower, as a sail, a yard, etc.
(v. i.) To lower the topsail, in token of surrender; to yield.
Example Sentences:
Topsail
Definition:
(n.) In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship.