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Webster 1828 Edition

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Stretching out; extending; touching by extension of the arm; attaining to; gaining; making efforts to vomit.

reaching

reaching ‎(plural reachings)

(nautical) Sailing on a reach, i.e. having the wind on either side and coming from an angle that is larger with respect to the bow than when sailing close-hauled.

sailing on a reach