slab reefn.
Nautical.
(See quot. 1882 and slabline n.)
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1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 125 There are the same number of slab reef lines.., and they are used for hauling up the slab reef or slack part of sail which hangs down abaft all when a reef is taken in.
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n.1882- styloglossal
- styloglossum
- styloglossus
- stylograph
- stylograph pen
- stylographic
- stylographic pen
- stylographical
- stylographically
- stylographies
- stylographs
- stylography
- stylohyal
- stylohyoid
- stylohyoidean
- styloid
- styloids
- stylolite
- stylolites
- stylolitic
- stylomandibular
- stylomastoid
- stylomaxillary
- stylometric
- stylometrist