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Torches Moving Abeam In Uncertain Motion Crossword Clue

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noun

• A burning torch, especially one carried in procession.

42%5 To cause (a ship or boat) to run in a slanting direction with the wind abeam
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42%9 Sails designed for wind from ahead or abeam
noun

• any sail set forward of the foremast of a vessel

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