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Webster 1913 Edition

Gybe

Gyb

(jĭb)
,

Gybe

(jīb)
,
Noun.
(Naut.)
See
Jib
.
[Obs.]

Gybe

(jīb)
,
Noun.
&
Verb.
See
Gibe
.

Gybe

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Gybed
(jībd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Gybing
.]
[See
Jibe
.]
(Naut.)
To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; – said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side.
[Also
jibe
.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Gybe

GYBE

,
Noun.
A sneer. [See Gibe.]

GYBE

,
Verb.
T.
In seamen's language, to shift a boom-sail from one side of a vessel to the other.

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