Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Jibing"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Jibe \Jibe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jibed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Jibing}.] [Cf. Dan. gibbe, D. gijpen, v. i., and dial. Sw.
gippa to jerk. Cf. {Jib}, n. & v. i.] (Naut.)
To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side
of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the
quarter. See {Gybe}.


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