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   gaffsail
         n 1: a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff
               [syn: {gaffsail}, {gaff-headed sail}]

English Dictionary: Gewebequalitt by the DICT Development Group
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gibbous \Gib"bous\, a. [Cf. F. gibbeux. See {Gibbose}.]
      1. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant;
            convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and
            the full moon.
  
                     The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member.
                                                                              --Wiseman.
  
      2. Hunched; hump-backed. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. --
            {Gib"bous*ly}, adv. -- {Gib"bous*ness}, n.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Gibsland, LA (town, FIPS 28835)
      Location: 32.53898 N, 93.05333 W
      Population (1990): 1224 (564 housing units)
      Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 71028
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