What is to keep close to; as, to hug the land; to hug the wind. To hug one's self, to congratulate one's self; to chuckle called?
hug — (Naut.) To keep close to; as, to hug the land; to hug the wind. To hug one's self, to congratulate one's self; to chuckle. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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