LekhoriLekhoriMostly; generally; all things considered.
It was, by and large, an unexceptional presentation.
In one way or another.
Miss Betsey, a charming frigate, that will do honour to our country, if you take her by and large.
Sailing alternately into the wind and in the same direction as the wind.
[…] For to make a Ship to drawe or goe but little into the water, and to hold a good winde, and to ſaile well both by and large, were very neceſſarie, and eſpecially in theſe our ſhallowe Seas, […]
From sailing: a ship may (or may not) sail well both close by the wind, and large, downwind, with sheets extended.
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