Definition of reef

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Reef (v. t.) 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.

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Reefer :: Reefer (n.) A close-fitting lacket or short coat of thick cloth.
Xerif :: Xerif (n.) A shereef.
Triplicate :: Triplicate (v. t.) Made thrice as much; threefold; tripled.
Triplicity :: Triplicity (a.) The quality or state of being triple, or threefold; trebleness..
Triple :: Triple (a.) To make threefold, or thrice as much or as many; to treble; as, to triple the tax on coffee..
Treble :: Treble (v. t.) To make thrice as much; to make threefold.
Spill :: Spill (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..
Ledge :: Ledge (n.) A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks..
Three-ply :: Three-ply (a.) Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold..
Triformity :: Triformity (n.) The state of being triform, or of having a threefold shape..
Triple :: Triple (a.) Consisting of three united; multiplied by three; threefold; as, a triple knot; a triple tie..
Reefed :: Reefed (imp. & p. p.) of Ree.
Bagreef :: Bagreef (n.) The lower reef of fore and aft sails; also, the upper reef of topsails..
Treeful :: Treeful (n.) The quantity or number which fills a tree.
Reefing :: Reefing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ree.
Treble :: Treble (a.) Threefold; triple.
Nettles :: Nettles (n. pl.) Reef points.
Reefy :: Reefy (a.) Full of reefs or rocks.
Tri- :: Tri- () A prefix meaning three, thrice, threefold; as in tricolored, tridentate..
Tergeminous :: Tergeminous (a.) Threefold; thrice-paired.
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