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furl

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furl  (fûrl)
v. furled, furl·ing, furls
v.tr.
To roll up and secure (a flag or sail, for example) to something else.
v.intr.
To be or become rolled up.
n.
1. The act or an instance of rolling up.
2. A single roll or a rolled section.

[Perhaps from French ferler, from Old French ferlier, to fasten : ferm, firm; see firm1 + lier, to bind (from Latin ligre; see leig- in Indo-European roots).]

furl
Verb
to roll up (an umbrella, flag, or sail) neatly and securely [Old French ferm tight + lier to bind]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.furl - form into a cylinder by rolling; "Roll up the cloth"
roll up, roll - show certain properties when being rolled; "The carpet rolls unevenly"; "dried-out tobacco rolls badly"
change form, change shape, deform - assume a different shape or form
douse - lower quickly; "douse a sail"
reef - roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area
bolt - make or roll into bolts; "bolt fabric"
gather in, take in - fold up; "take in the sails"
brail - take in a sail with a brail
Translations
furl [fəːl] vt [+ sail] → recoger

furl [fəːl] vtrouler;
(Naut) → ferler

furl [fəːl] vt (Naut) → einrollen

furl [fəːl] vt [+ sail] → piegare

furl
v furl [fəːl]
to roll up (a flag, sail or umbrella). opvou يَطوي، يَلُف свивам svinout, složit rulle sammen; lægge sammen aufrollen μαζεύω, διπλώνω aferrar (náutica), recoger kokku rullima, kokku panema جمع کردن؛ بستن kääriä kokoon ferler (une voile), rouler (un parapluie) לְקַפֵּל लपेटना smotati (jedra, zastavu) összesodor melipat brjóta saman, rúlla upp ammainare (una bandiera); chiudere (un ombrello) 巻く 말리다; 말다 suvynioti, suskleisti (par karogu, buru, lietussargu) satīt; saritināt; salocīt menggulung oprollen rulle opp, legge sammen, beslå zwinąć enrolar a strânge; a înfăşura свёртывать zvinúť, zložiť razviti (jadro), razpeti (dežnik) sklopiti rulla ihop, fälla ihop ม้วน sarmak, dürmek 收攏 згортати لپیٹنا cuộn lại, cụp lai


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Nichols commenced stolidly to furl his sails again.
Young Jukes, the chief mate, attending his commander to the gangway, would sometimes venture to say, with the greatest gentleness, "Allow me, sir" -- and possessing himself of the umbrella deferentially, would elevate the ferule, shake the folds, twirl a neat furl in a jiffy, and hand it back; going through the performance with a face of such portentous gravity, that Mr.
With the landless gull, that at sunset folds her wings and is rocked to sleep between billows; so at nightfall, the Nantucketer, out of sight of land, furls his sails, and lays him to his rest, while under his very pillow rush herds of walruses and whales.
 
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