capsizing

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capsizing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Capsize \Cap*size"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Capsized; p. pr.
     & vb. n. Capsizing.] [Cf. Sp. cabecear to nod, pitch,
     capuzar, chapuzar, to sink (a vessel) by the head; both fr.
     L. caput head.]
     To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body.
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           But what if carrying sail capsize the boat? --Byron.
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capsizing - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  capsizing
      n 1: (nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in
           the water