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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gyb \Gyb\ (j[i^]b), Gybe \Gybe\ (j[imac]b), n. (Naut.) See {Jib}. [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gybe \Gybe\ (j[imac]b), n. & v. See {Gibe}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gybe \Gybe\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Gybed}; p. pr & vb n. {Gybing}.] [See {Jibe}.] (Naut.) To shift from one side of a vessel to the other -- said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side [Also {jibe}.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gybe v : shift from one side of the ship to the other of a sail [syn: {jibe}, {jib}, {change course}]
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