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n. The process of reefing (taking in a sail); an act of reefing; also used of clothing.

n. A reef (seam of quartz).

v. Present participle of reef.

n. The process of taking in a reef.

n. In upholstery, the gathering up of the material of a curtain, valance, or the like, as in short festoons.

n. In mining, the process of taking out ore-rock.

"What we call the reefing clew is an eye, called a reefing grommet, set into the leech of the sail."

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