"flying jib" meaning in English

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          "text": "Next thing, rigging is heaved down directly over our heads, and a long-drawn cry and a rattling of hanks announce that the flying-jib has come in.",
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        "The foremost of the jibs of a square-rigged sailing vessel."
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        "(nautical) The foremost of the jibs of a square-rigged sailing vessel."
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "The foremost of the jibs of a square-rigged sailing vessel",
          "word": "ajopurje"
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          "sense": "The foremost of the jibs of a square-rigged sailing vessel",
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          "sense": "The foremost of the jibs of a square-rigged sailing vessel",
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          "word": "dragon"
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        "(nautical) The foremost of the jibs of a square-rigged sailing vessel."
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "The foremost of the jibs of a square-rigged sailing vessel",
      "word": "ajopurje"
    },
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "The foremost of the jibs of a square-rigged sailing vessel",
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    },
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