LekhoriLekhoriThe process of reefing (taking in a sail); an act of reefing; also used of clothing.
I will not detain the reader with the contents of our sea-log, which is full of tackings and reefings, of setting and taking in of sails, and many other manoeuvres[…].
A reef (seam of quartz).
Alluvial goldfields and quartz reefings are in its vicinity, and good indications of coal.
present participle and gerund of reef
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