Definition of luff

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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.

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Luff :: Luff (n.) The roundest part of a ship's bow.
Fluffy :: Fluffy (superl.) Pertaining to, or resembling, fluff or nap; soft and downy..
Bluffness :: Bluffness (n.) The quality or state of being bluff.
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.) Inclined to bo bluff; brusque.
Bluffer :: Bluffer (n.) One who bluffs.
Gaff-topsail :: Gaff-topsail (n.) A small triangular sail having its foot extended upon the gaff and its luff upon the topmast.
Bluff :: Bluff (a.) Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship..
Loof :: Loof (n.) The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa Aegyptiaca); called also vegetable sponge.
Luff :: Luff (n.) The side of a ship toward the wind.
Bluff :: Bluff (a.) Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.
Bluff-bowed :: Bluff-bowed (a.) Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
Bluffy :: Bluffy (a.) Having bluffs, or bold, steep banks..
Pluff :: Pluff (n.) A hairdresser's powder puff; also, the act of using it..
Bluff :: Bluff (v. i.) To act as in the game of 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..
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..
Bluff :: Bluff (a.) Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as, a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain..
Pluff :: Pluff (v. t.) To throw out, as smoke, dust, etc., in puffs..
Luffed :: Luffed (imp. & p. p.) of Luf.
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