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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..

Luff :: Luff (n.) The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.

Lint :: Lint (n.) Linen scraped or otherwise made into a soft, downy or fleecy substance for dressing wounds and sores; also, fine ravelings, down, fluff, or loose short fibers from yarn or fabrics..

Gaff-topsail :: Gaff-topsail (n.) A small triangular sail having its foot extended upon the gaff and its luff upon the topmast.

Loof :: Loof (n.) The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa Aegyptiaca); called also vegetable sponge.

Bluffer :: Bluffer (n.) One who bluffs.

Luff :: Luff (n.) The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails..

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..

Bluffy :: Bluffy (a.) Having bluffs, or bold, steep banks..

Brusque :: Brusque (a.) Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; bluff; as, a brusque man; a brusque style..

Luffing :: Luffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Luf.

Fluey :: Fluey (a.) Downy; fluffy.

Bluff :: Bluff (v. i.) To act as in the game of bluff.

Bluffness :: Bluffness (n.) The quality or state of being bluff.

Bluff :: Bluff (a.) Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front.

Luffed :: Luffed (imp. & p. p.) of Luf.

Bluff-bowed :: Bluff-bowed (a.) Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.

Bluff :: Bluff (n.) An act of bluffing; an expression of self-confidence for the purpose of intimidation; braggadocio; as, that is only bluff, or a bluff..

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..

Bluffy :: Bluffy (a.) Inclined to bo bluff; brusque.

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