SCANDALIZE

scandalize

Verb

  1. To shock someone.
  2. To be offensive to someone.
  3. To reduce the area and efficiency of a sail by expedient means (e.g. slacking the peak and tricing up the tack) without properly reefing, thus slowing boat speed.


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