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old sailing saying wind before rain let the topsail remain

My mother said her sailing ancestors handed down an old saying from before the 1850s which went, "Wind before rain, let the topsail remain." She said that it meant that when wind preceeded rain, the...
21:20 Tue 06th Jan 20091 answer, last by paddywak 22:42 Tue 06th Jan 2009
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fesescious

Is there such a word as fesescious and if so is this the correct spelling? What can you say about its origins or anything else?
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