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(1):

(v. i.) To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.

(2):

(n.) A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.

(3):

(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.