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  1. 1. n. A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lower mast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also spencer. Source: opted
  2. 2. A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lower mast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also spencer. Totten. Source: webster
  3. 3. A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lowermast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lowermast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also spencer. Totten. Source: adambom
  4. 4. n. A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lower mast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also spencer. Source: ecdict

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