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Reef :: Reef (n.) A large vein of auriferous quartz; -- so called in Australia. Hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore..

Reef :: Reef (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..

Triplication :: Triplication (n.) The act of tripling, or making threefold, or adding three together..

Reef :: 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.

Tri- :: Tri- () A prefix meaning three, thrice, threefold; as in tricolored, tridentate..

Treeful :: Treeful (n.) The quantity or number which fills a tree.

Triplicity :: Triplicity (a.) The quality or state of being triple, or threefold; trebleness..

Foreefront :: Foreefront (n.) Foremost part or place.

Preef :: Preef (n.) Proof.

Bagreef :: Bagreef (n.) The lower reef of fore and aft sails; also, the upper reef of topsails..

Tern :: Tern (a.) Threefold; triple; consisting of three; ternate.

Reefed :: Reefed (imp. & p. p.) of Ree.

Tridacna :: Tridacna (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..

Three-ply :: Three-ply (a.) Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold..

Trinal :: Trinal (a.) Threefold.

Reef-band :: Reef-band (n.) A piece of canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made.

Strike :: Strike (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..

Reefy :: Reefy (a.) Full of reefs or rocks.

Xerif :: Xerif (n.) A shereef.

Coral Fish :: Coral fish () Any bright-colored fish of the genera Chaetodon, Pomacentrus, Apogon, and related genera, which live among reef corals..

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