Definition of luff

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Luff (n.) The roundest part of a ship's bow.

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Luffed :: Luffed (imp. & p. p.) of Luf.
Luff :: Luff (n.) The side of a ship toward the wind.
Pluff :: Pluff (v. t.) To throw out, as smoke, dust, etc., in puffs..
Loof :: Loof (v. i.) See Luff.
Bluff :: Bluff (v. t.) To deter (an opponent) from taking the risk of betting on his hand of cards, as the bluffer does by betting heavily on his own hand although it may be of less value..
Luff :: Luff (n.) The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.
Bluff :: Bluff (a.) Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front.
Loof :: Loof (n.) The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa Aegyptiaca); called also vegetable sponge.
Bluff-bowed :: Bluff-bowed (a.) Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
Pluff :: Pluff (n.) A hairdresser's powder puff; also, the act of using it..
Brag :: Brag (n.) A game at cards similar to bluff.
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..
Bluffness :: Bluffness (n.) The quality or state of being bluff.
Luff :: Luff (v. i.) 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.
Bluffer :: Bluffer (n.) One who bluffs.
Luff :: Luff (n.) The roundest part of a ship's bow.
Bluff :: Bluff (a.) Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship..
Bluff :: Bluff (a.) Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as, a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain..
Luffing :: Luffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Luf.
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..
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