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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 gybe /ˈʤaɪb/
 航道的改變(vi.)(vt.)(使)改變航道

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Gyb Gybe, n. Naut. See Jib. [Obs.]

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Gybe n. & v. See Gibe.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Gybe, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Gybed p. pr.  & vb. n. Gybing.]  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.]
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

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