jibbing
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Jib
\Jib\
, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
Jibbed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Jibbing
.] Also Jibb
\Jibb\
[Cf.
Jib
a sail,
Gybe
.] (Chiefly Naut.) To shift, or swing round, as a sail, boom, yard, etc., as in tacking.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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