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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Luff \Luff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Luffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Luffing}.] (Naut.) To turn the head of a vessel toward the wind; to sail nearer the wind; to turn the tiller so as to make the vessel sail nearer the wind. {To luff round}, [or] {To luff alee}, to make the extreme of this movement, for the purpose of throwing the ship's head into the wind. | |
