GYBED
Verb
gybed
simple past tense and past participle of gybe
Source: Wiktionary
GYBE
Gyb, Gybe (, n. (Naut.)
Definition: See Jib. [Obs.]
Gybe, n. & v.
Definition: See Gibe.
Gybe, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Gybed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gybing.] Etym: [See Jibe.] (Naut.)
Definition: To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side. [Also jibe.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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