JIBE

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
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.

2.
v.

To change a ship's course so as to cause a shifting of the boom. See Jibe, v. t., and Gybe.

3.
v.

To agree; to harmonize. [Colloq.] Bartlett.

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