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Jibe
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Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To change a ship's course so as to cause a shifting of the boom. See Jibe, v. t., and Gybe.
2. To agree; to harmonize. [Colloq.] Bartlett.