Luffed vs Muffed - What's the difference?
luffed | muffed |
(luff)
(nautical) The vertical edge of a sail that is closest to the direction of the wind.
(nautical) The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.
(nautical) The roundest part of a ship's bow.
(nautical) The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.
(nautical, of a sail, intransitive) To shake due to being trimmed improperly.
(nautical, of a boat, intransitive) To alter course to windward so that the sails luff. (Alternatively luff up )
(nautical) to let out [a sail] so that it luffs.
(mechanical) To alter the vertical angle of the jib of a crane so as to bring it level with the load.
* {{quote-book
, year=1999
, author=Howard I. Shapiro, Jay P. Shapiro, Lawrence K. Shapiro
, title=Cranes and Derricks
, page=95
, isbn=0070578893
(muff)
(lb) A piece of fur or cloth, usually with open ends, used for keeping the hands warm.
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*:Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff .
(lb) Female pubic hair; the vulva.
(lb) A blown cylinder of glass which is afterward flattened out to make a sheet.
The feathers sticking out from both sides of the face under the beak of some birds.
A short hollow cylinder surrounding an object such as a pipe.
(colloquial) A fool, a stupid or poor-spirited person.
* Thackeray
A bird, the whitethroat.
(sport) To drop or mishandle (the ball, a catch etc.); to play badly.
To mishandle; to bungle.
* 1977 , (Alistair Horne), A Savage War of Peace , New York Review Books 2006, p. 69:
As verbs the difference between luffed and muffed
is that luffed is (luff) while muffed is (muff).luffed
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* *luff
English
Noun
(en noun)- By easing the halyard, the luff of the sail was made to sag to leeward.
Verb
(en verb)citation, passage=The tower is mounted on a slewing platform, which also carries the power plant and the counterweights, while the jib is supported and luffed by fixed pendant ropes.}}
Derived terms
* luff alee * luffing crane * luff round * luff tackle * luff upon luffReferences
muffed
English
Verb
(head)muff
English
(wikipedia muff)Etymology 1
Probably from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* whiskers, beard, muff and beard (bird feathers)Etymology 2
Origin unknown; perhaps a specialised use of Etymology 1, above.Noun
(en noun)- a muff of a curate
Verb
(en verb)- Here was the superlative opportunity to make a generous and lasting settlement from a position of strength; but the pieds noirs , like the Israelis, and from not altogether dissimilar motives, were to muff it.
