Definition of luff

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Luff (n.) The side of a ship toward the wind.

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Pluff :: Pluff (v. t.) To throw out, as smoke, dust, etc., in puffs..
Fluey :: Fluey (a.) Downy; fluffy.
Bluff :: Bluff (a.) Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship..
Luff :: Luff (n.) The side of a ship toward the wind.
Bluff-bowed :: Bluff-bowed (a.) Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
Bluff :: Bluff (n.) A game at cards; poker.
Bluffer :: Bluffer (n.) One who bluffs.
Bluffy :: Bluffy (a.) Having bluffs, or bold, steep banks..
Loof :: Loof (v. i.) See Luff.
Lint :: Lint (n.) Linen scraped or otherwise made into a soft, downy or fleecy substance for dressing wounds and sores; also, fine ravelings, down, fluff, or loose short fibers from yarn or fabrics..
Bluffed :: Bluffed (imp. & p. p.) of Bluf.
Fluffy :: Fluffy (superl.) Pertaining to, or resembling, fluff or nap; soft and downy..
Bluff :: Bluff (n.) An act of bluffing; an expression of self-confidence for the purpose of intimidation; braggadocio; as, that is only bluff, or a bluff..
Brusque :: Brusque (a.) Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; bluff; as, a brusque man; a brusque style..
Bluff :: Bluff (a.) Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front.
Bluffing :: Bluffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bluf.
Luff :: 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.
Bluff :: Bluff (a.) Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as, a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain..
Bluff :: Bluff (v. i.) To act as in the game of bluff.
Loof :: Loof (n.) The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa Aegyptiaca); called also vegetable sponge.
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