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LUFF
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English
English : from the Middle English personal name Lefman (see Leaman, Lemon, Loveman).
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English, Scottish, and Irish
English, Scottish, and Irish : variant of Love 1–3.Dutch : from Luffo, a pet form a personal name such as Ludolph.
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English (Norfolk)
English (Norfolk) : from the Middle English personal name Loveke, Old English Lufeca, a derivative of Lufa (see Love 1), or LÄ“ofeca, a derivative of LÄ“ofa (see Leaf 2).English : perhaps a habitational name from places in Cumbria and Northumberland called Lowick, or Lowich in Northamptonshire. The first is from Old Norse lauf ‘leaf’ + vÃk ‘creek’; the second is from the river name Low (possibly from Old English luh ‘pool’) + Old English wÄ«c ‘dairy farm’, ‘dwelling’; and the third from an unattested Old English personal name, Luffa, or Luhha + wÄ«c.Probably a respelling of Lovik.
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imp. & p. p.
of Luff
n.
The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.
v. i.
To turn the head of a vessel toward the wind; to sail nearer the wind; to turn the tiller so as to make the vessel sail nearer the wind.
n.
A small triangular sail having its foot extended upon the gaff and its luff upon the topmast.
n.
The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa Aegyptiaca); called also vegetable sponge.
n.
The roundest part of a ship's bow.
v. i.
See Luff.
n.
See Louver.
n.
The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Luff
n.
The side of a ship toward the wind.