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On the south-west side it is very reefy, yet very pleasant in consequence of the woods surrounding it.— Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02
Where slumber'd the dead like the coral-builders in reefy cell.— Man of Uz, and Other Poems
In doubtful glimpses, on some reefy shelf,— Making the Most of Life
Then the water clears and his sails swing to the wind, and he is off to the north, along that steel-gray shore of rampart rock, between the white-slab islands and the reefy coast.— Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom
Every ebb leaves a sandy flat, extending half a mile seaward from the town; the reefy anchorage is difficult of entrance after sunset, and the coralline bottom renders wading painful.— First Footsteps in East Africa

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