luffs
- present tense form of luff (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Sometimes she luffs up, and sometimes she falls off; so as to holding a steady course, I find that out of the question.
From Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War by Hoggans, T.
He climbs, he darts, he jibes, he luffs; Like a great bee he drones aloud; He whirls above the shrapnel puffs, And, laughing, ducks behind a cloud.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 26, 1916 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
I luffs up alongside o' this dry land bo'sum an' punches once.
From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Grant, Gordon
A winch used in rope-making.—Loof-tackle hooks, termed luffs.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
"Up with those sails!" cried the girl now, and Caliban's gang sweated at the halyards, while slackened sheets permitted the booms to swing and present the luffs to the screaming gale, bearing no resistance.
From The Pirate Woman by Dingle, Aylward Edward
