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Significados de luff en inglés

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Sail close to the wind.

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        Uso de luff en inglés
        1
        She keeps her luff, and is shooting out again into clear water.
        Hurricane Hurry
        2
        But I luff you truly, sir, and wish to gif you something.
        The Valley of the Kings
        3
        Near the Omaha mission-house, on a high luff, was a solitary Indian grave.
        The Inner Life / Part 3 from The Works of John Greenleaf Whittie...
        4
        Suddenly he gave a cry of alarm and shouted to me to luff.
        The Strange Adventure of James Shervinton / 1902
        5
        You keep her off now, and six months hence you let her luff.
        A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future
        6
        Adam said, 'We will luff at the right moment and rake the nearest one.
        Second to None
        7
        Do not luff so near me; some accident may happen.
        Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale
        8
        We had to luff up a little to reach her.
        Paddy Finn
        9
        The latter ship becoming too crippled to luff, while Mons.
        Miles Wallingford / Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore"
        10
        By keeping our luff we were quickly up to them.
        Will Weatherhelm: The Yarn of an Old Sailor
        11
        A silence grew until the breeze picked up enough to make their robes luff.
        Spellwright
        12
        In vain was the jib-sheet let fly; in vain did I luff into the wind.
        The Bushman — Life in a New Country
        13
        We shall fetch the Cob by keeping our luff.
        The Boy who sailed with Blake
        14
        Stand by to luff handsomely, so as to keep the boom as steady as possible.
        Afloat and Ashore: A Sea Tale
        15
        The Frenchman perceiving this sheered off, and springing his luff, shot ahead clear of us.
        The Privateersman
        16
        I shouted, 'and luff her up into the wind.'
        Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
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