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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Reefing | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Reef \Reef\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reefed} (r[c7]ft); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reefing}.] (Naut.) To reduce the extent of (as a sail) by roiling or folding a certain portion of it and making it fast to the yard or spar. --Totten. {To reef the paddles}, to move the floats of a paddle wheel toward its center so that they will not dip so deeply. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Reefing \Reef"ing\, n. (Naut.) The process of taking in a reef. {Reefing bowsprit}, a bowsprit so rigged that it can easily be run in or shortened by sliding inboard, as in cutters. | |
