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luff

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Main Entry: 1luff
Pronunciation: 'l&f
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English lof spar holding out the windward tack of a sail, weather side of a ship, from Anglo-French
1 : the act of sailing a ship nearer the wind
2 : the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail
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