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v. t.
That part of a sail which is taken in or let out by means of the reef points, in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.
n.
A genus of very large marine bivalve shells found on the coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. One species (T. gigas) often weighs four or five hundred pounds, and is sometimes used for baptismal fonts. Called also paw shell, and fountain shell.
v. t.
To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.
n.
In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship.
n.
A close-fitting lacket or short coat of thick cloth.
n.
An important genus of reef-building corals having small twelve-rayed calicles, and a very porous coral. Some species are branched, others grow in large massive or globular forms.
n.
A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.
n.
A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See Coral reefs, under Coral.
v. t.
To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship struck a reef.
n. pl.
Reef points.
n.
A genus of reef corals abundant in tropical seas. It includes than one hundred and fifty species, most of which are elegantly branched.
imp. & p. p.
of Reef
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Reef
a.
Full of reefs or rocks.
n.
A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See Reef point, under Reef.
n.
One who reefs; -- a name often given to midshipmen.
n.
A piece of canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made.
n.
The process of taking in a reef.
a.
Abounding in ledges; consisting of a ledge or reef; as, a ledgy island.
n.pl.
A suborder of corals including many reef-building species, having round, starlike calicles.
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