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Gybed vs Gyved - What's the difference?

gybed | gyved |

As verbs the difference between gybed and gyved

is that gybed is (gybe) while gyved is (gyve).

gybed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (gybe)

    • gybe

    English

    Alternative forms

    * jibe

    Verb

    (gyb)
  • (nautical) To change tack with the wind crossing behind the boat. (Mostly used of boats and other small sailing craft — the corresponding manoeuver in a sailing ship is to wear.)
  • (nautical) To shift a fore-and-aft sail suddenly and forcefully from one side to the other, while sailing before the wind. (also jibe.)
  • To sneer (see gibe.)
  • gybe at'': to hesitate, vacillate, or balk when faced with a proposal, plan, or course of action. (''Obsolete )

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of gybing.
  • A sudden shift of a sail's angle, or a sudden change in the direction that a boat is sailing.
  • A sudden change in direction or approach; vacillation.
  • A sneer. (see gibe.)

    • gyved

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (gyve)

    • gyve

    English

    Alternative forms

    * give

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shackle or fetter, especially for the leg.
  • * Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
    • Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves
  • * 1973 , , Don't Point That Thing at Me , Penguin 2001, page 122
    • Our gyves were removed and our possessions returned to us, except for my Banker's Special.

    Verb

    (gyv)
  • to shackle, fetter, chain
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1864 , year_published=2006 , edition=HTML , editor= , author= , title=Atlantic Monthly Journal , chapter=A Fast-Day at Foxden citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage="Say, rather, to melt the iron links which gyve soul to body," said Clifton ... }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2008 , year_published= , edition= , editor=Sheri L. Vadermolen , author=LD Brodsky , title=The Complete Poems of Louis Daniel Brodsky: Volume Four, 1981-1985 , chapter=A Devotee of the Southern Way of Making Love citation , genre= , publisher=Time Being Books , isbn=9781568091242 , page=419 , passage=Gyved to a squeaky swivel seat in my office, … }}

    Derived terms

    * down-gyved