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Definition of Reefy
1. Adjective. Full of submerged reefs or sandbanks or shoals. "Shoaly waters"
Definition of Reefy
1. a. Full of reefs or rocks.
Definition of Reefy
1. Adjective. containing reefs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reefy
1. abounding in ridges of rock [adj REEFIER, REEFIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reefy
Literary usage of Reefy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1833)
"Little reefy, poor fellow, was crying like a child ; indeed he was little more,
being barely fifteen. " Oh! Mr Cringle, I wish Г had never seen Miss ..."
2. Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the by Ohio Roster commission (1889)
"1864, at Camp Dennison.O. Mustered out June 27. 1805, at Nashville, Tenn.,by
Philip reefy, Captain 19th OVI, and ACM, ..."
3. The Indiana School Journal by Indiana State Teachers Association (1864)
"FS reefy, for Huntington; address, Roanoke. JOHN COOPER, for Randolph; address,
... reefy is a gentleman and an accomplished scholar, has always taken a ..."
4. Grammar of the German Language: With Exercises by Carl Eduard Aue (1879)
"From the genuine interjections must be distinguished such expressions as — reefy !
о reefy ! wo is me ! — leiber ! alas ! ..."
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