- (v.i.) To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.
- (v.i.&t.) To steer wild or out of the line of her course; to deviate from her course, as when struck by a heavy sea; -- said of a ship.
- (n.) A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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