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| 99% | 5 | AREEF | Exact Match! | |||||
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| 33% | 12 | Sail used to reduce fore-and-aft sail area | ||||||
noun • the innermost jib (just ahead of the foremast) on a large square-rigged ship. | ||||||||
| 29% | 4 | Reduce sail | ||||||
noun • a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese • a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water • one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind verb • lower and bring partially inboard • roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area • reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef | ||||||||
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| New York Times24 Apr 1977 | Down 93 | AREEF |
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