To back and fill

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	to manage the sails of a ship so that the wind strikes them alternately in front and behind, in order to keep the ship in the middle of a river or channel while the current or tide carries the vessel against the wind.
	To take opposite positions alternately; to assert and deny.
	to grow or become quite full; as, the channel of the river fills up with sand.

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