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Definition of reef

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Reef (v. t.) 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.

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Reefing :: Reefing (n.) The process of taking in a reef.

Triplicity :: Triplicity (a.) The quality or state of being triple, or threefold; trebleness..

Treeful :: Treeful (n.) The quantity or number which fills a tree.

Nettles :: Nettles (n. pl.) Reef points.

Balancereef :: Balancereef (n.) The last reef in a fore-and-aft sail, taken to steady the ship..

Reefer :: Reefer (n.) One who reefs; -- a name often given to midshipmen.

Judgment :: "Judgment (v. i.) That act of the mind by which two notions or ideas which are apprehended as distinct are compared for the purpose of ascertaining their agreement or disagreement. See 1. The comparison may be threefold: (1) Of individual objects forming a concept. (2) Of concepts giving what is technically called a judgment. (3) Of two judgments giving an inference. Judgments have been further classed as analytic, synthetic, and identical..

Reefy :: Reefy (a.) Full of reefs or rocks.

Xerif :: Xerif (n.) A shereef.

Preef :: Preef (n.) Proof.

Cow-pilot :: Cow-pilot (n.) A handsomely banded, coral-reef fish, of Florida and the West Indies (Pomacentrus saxatilis); -- called also mojarra..

Atoll :: Atoll (n.) A coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef, partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or depression; a lagoon island..

Oculinacea :: Oculinacea (n.pl.) A suborder of corals including many reef-building species, having round, starlike calicles..

Trine :: Trine (a.) Threefold; triple; as, trine dimensions, or length, breadth, and thickness..

Reefed :: Reefed (imp. & p. p.) of Ree.

Ledgy :: Ledgy (a.) Abounding in ledges; consisting of a ledge or reef; as, a ledgy island..

Closereefed :: Closereefed (a.) Having all the reefs taken in; -- said of a sail.

Treble :: Treble (v. t.) To make thrice as much; to make threefold.

Threefold :: Threefold (a.) Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice..

Three-ply :: Three-ply (a.) Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold..