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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reef  \Reef\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Reefed}  (r[=e]ft);  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Reefing}.]  (Naut.) 
  To  reduce  the  extent  of  (as  a  sail)  by  roiling  or  folding  a 
  certain  portion  of  it  and  making  it  fast  to  the  yard  or  spar. 
  --Totten. 
 
  {To  reef  the  paddles},  to  move  the  floats  of  a  paddle  wheel 
  toward  its  center  so  that  they  will  not  dip  so  deeply. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reefing  \Reef"ing\,  n.  (Naut.) 
  The  process  of  taking  in  a  reef. 
 
  {Reefing  bowsprit},  a  bowsprit  so  rigged  that  it  can  easily 
  be  run  in  or  shortened  by  sliding  inboard,  as  in  cutters. 




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