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Definition: CLOSEREEFED

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Having all the reefs taken in; -- said of a sail.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb closereefedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(closereefedly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective closereefed.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Closereefed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1840. (references)

Definition: CLOSEREEFED

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Having all the reefs taken in; -- said of a sail.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb closereefedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(closereefedly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective closereefed.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "CLOSEREEFED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1840. (references)