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Verb
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(sailing) To cause the vessel to become dead in the water by pointing the bows directly towards the wind.

See Also
halt jib bows to lie to dead in water luff stop
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Rhyming Words
on to go to up to as to get to got to lay to bow to set to how to ten to lie to see to has to due to way to put to cut to had to out to
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