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Gybe \Gybe\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Gybed} (j[imac]bd); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Gybing}.] [See {Jibe}.] (Naut.)
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}.]
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Jibe \Jibe\ (j[imac]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jibed} (j[imac]bd);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Jibing} (j[imac]b"[i^]ng).] [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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Jibe \Jibe\, v. i.
1. (Naut.) To change a ship's course so as to cause a
shifting of the boom. See {Jibe}, v. t., and {Gybe}.
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2. To agree; to harmonize. [Colloq.] --Bartlett.
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