LUFF
\lˈʌf], \lˈʌf], \l_ˈʌ_f]\
Definitions of LUFF
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- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Princeton University
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The side of a ship toward the wind.
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The roundest part of a ship's bow.
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The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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The side of a ship toward the wind.
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The roundest part of a ship's bow.
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The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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That part of a ship towards the wind; the act of sailing close to the wind.
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To steer nearer to the wind.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The windward side of a ship: the act of sailing a ship close to the wind: the loof.
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To turn a ship towards the wind.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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