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Luff   /ləf/   Listen
Luff

verb
(past & past part. luffed; pres. part. luffing)
1.
Sail close to the wind.  Synonym: point.
2.
Flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides.





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"Luff" Quotes from Famous Books



... he cried. "She's gone—Luff her, I tell you!" He sprang back, jamming the tiller from him. "Let her out, ...
— Uncle William - The Man Who Was Shif'less • Jennette Lee
... man at the wheel had gone through the nautical evolution involved in "luff," the captain turned to his ...
— Blown to Bits - or, The Lonely Man of Rakata • Robert Michael Ballantyne


Words linked to "Luff" :   sail, sailing, piloting, pilotage, edge, roll, undulate, seafaring, wave, flap, fore-and-aft sail, navigation


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