Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Nautical, to sail back and forth; tack.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb (Naut.), obsolete To beat against the wind; to tack.

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  • verb nautical, obsolete To beat against the wind; to tack.

Etymologies

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Dutch laveren.

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