Definition of luff

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Luff (n.) The side of a ship toward the wind.

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Luff :: Luff (n.) The roundest part of a ship's bow.
Bluff :: Bluff (a.) Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front.
Luffing :: Luffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Luf.
Bluff :: Bluff (v. t.) To frighten or deter from accomplishing a purpose by making a show of confidence in one's strength or resources; as, he bluffed me off..
Bluff-headed :: Bluff-headed (a.) Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
Fluffy :: Fluffy (superl.) Pertaining to, or resembling, fluff or nap; soft and downy..
Bluffed :: Bluffed (imp. & p. p.) of Bluf.
Bluffness :: Bluffness (n.) The quality or state of being bluff.
Loof :: Loof (n.) The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa Aegyptiaca); called also vegetable sponge.
Bluffing :: Bluffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bluf.
Bluff :: Bluff (n.) A game at cards; poker.
Bluff-bowed :: Bluff-bowed (a.) Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
Cliff Limestone :: Cliff limestone () A series of limestone strata found in Ohio and farther west, presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly supposed to be of one formation, but now known to be partly Silurian and partly Devonian..
Bluff :: Bluff (n.) A high, steep bank, as by a river or the sea, or beside a ravine or plain; a cliff with a broad face..
Bluffer :: Bluffer (n.) One who bluffs.
Pluff :: Pluff (n.) A puff, as of smoke from a pipe, or of dust from a puffball; a slight explosion, as of a small quantity of gunpowder..
Luffed :: Luffed (imp. & p. p.) of Luf.
Bluff :: Bluff (a.) Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship..
Bluffy :: Bluffy (a.) Inclined to bo bluff; brusque.
Luff :: Luff (n.) The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.
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