luff /luf/

1. The forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail
2. The windward side of a ship
3. The act of sailing a ship close to the wind
4. The after part of a ship's bow where the planks begin to curve in towards the cutwater (also loof)

To turn a ship towards the wind

1. To turn nearer to the wind
2. To move (the jib of a crane) in and out

• circumciser
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• circumcision
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• circumdenudation
• circumduce
• circumduced
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• circumference
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• circumferentor
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• circumflect