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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GYBE, n. A sneer. [See Gibe.]
GYBE, v.t. In seamen's language, to shift a boom-sail from one side of a vessel to the other.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: shift from one side of the ship to the other; "The sail jibbed wildly" [syn: jibe, gybe, jib, change course]

Merriam Webster's

variant of jibe

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. (US jibe) --v. 1 intr. (of a fore-and-aft sail or boom) swing across in wearing or running before the wind. 2 tr. cause (a sail) to do this. 3 intr. (of a ship or its crew) change course so that this happens. --n. a change of course causing gybing. Etymology: obs. Du. gijben

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gyb Gyb (j[i^]b), Gybe Gybe (j[imac]b), n. (Naut.) See Jib. [Obs.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gybe Gybe (j[imac]b), n. & v. See Gibe.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gybe Gybe, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Gybed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gybing.] [See Jibe.] (Naut.) To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind until the sail fills on the opposite side. [Also jibe.]