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- Reef - n. - A chain or range of rocks lying at or near the surface of the water. See Coral reefs, under Coral.
- Reef - n. - A large vein of auriferous quartz; -- so called in Australia. Hence, any body of rock yielding valuable ore.
- Reef - v. t. - That part of a sail which is taken in or let out by means of the reef points, in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.
- Reef - v. t. - To reduce the extent of (as a sail) by roiling or folding a certain portion of it and making it fast to the yard or spar.
- Reef-band - n. - A piece of canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made.
- Reefed - imp. & p. p. - of Reef
- Reefer - n. - One who reefs; -- a name often given to midshipmen.
- Reefer - n. - A close-fitting lacket or short coat of thick cloth.
- Reefing - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Reef
- Reefing - n. - The process of taking in a reef.
- Reefy - a. - Full of reefs or rocks.
- Bagreef - n. - The lower reef of fore and aft sails; also, the upper reef of topsails.
- Breaker - n. - A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface.
- Earing - n. - A line for hauling the reef cringle to the yard; -- also called reef earing.
- Coral fish - - Any bright-colored fish of the genera Chaetodon, Pomacentrus, Apogon, and related genera, which live among reef corals.
- Balancereef - n. - The last reef in a fore-and-aft sail, taken to steady the ship.
- Madrepora - n. - A genus of reef corals abundant in tropical seas. It includes than one hundred and fifty species, most of which are elegantly branched.
- Reef - v. t. - That part of a sail which is taken in or let out by means of the reef points, in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.
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- G4694 σπιλάς - 4694 σπιλάς - ΣΠΙΛΆΣ - - spilás - spee-las' - of uncertain derivation; a ledge or reef of rock in the sea:--spot (by confusion with σπίλος). - Noun Feminine - greek
- G5138 τραχύς - 5138 τραχύς - ΤΡΑΧΎΣ - - trachýs - trakh-oos' - perhaps strengthened from the base of ῥήγνυμι (as if jagged by rents); uneven, rocky (reefy):--rock, rough. - Adjective - greek
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