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Leeward

Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the part or side toward which the wind blows; -- opposed to windward; as, a leeward berth; a leeward ship.

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Lee 84% connected

To lie; to speak falsely.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Lee 84% connected

To lie; to speak falsely.

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Direction 76% connected

The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Face 76% connected

The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which…

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Side 76% connected

The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distin…

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Lee 92% connected

To lie; to speak falsely.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Upwind 92% connected

To wind up.

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Windward 94% connected

The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward; -- opposed to leeward.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Windward 94% connected

The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward; -- opposed to leeward.

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Alee adverb · 78% connection

On or toward the lee, or the side away from the wind; the opposite of aweather. The helm of a ship is alee when pressed close to the l…

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Anemoscope noun · 78% connection

An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a v…

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Aweather adverb · 78% connection

On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm aweather!

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Beating noun · 78% connection

The act of striking or giving blows; punishment or chastisement by blows.

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Berth verb · 78% connection

To allot or furnish berths to, on shipboard; as, to berth a ship's company.

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Berthed imp. & p. p. · 78% connection

of Berth

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Berthing p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection

of Berth

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Birth noun · 78% connection

See Berth.

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Blanket verb · 78% connection

To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her.

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Bottomry noun · 78% connection

A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and…

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Closehauled adjective · 78% connection

Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.

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East adjective · 78% connection

Toward the rising sun; or toward the point where the sun rises when in the equinoctial; as, the east gate; the east border; the east s…

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Fly verb · 78% connection

The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.

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Gauge noun · 78% connection

Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windwa…

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Haemad adverb · 78% connection

Toward the haemal side; on the haemal side of; -- opposed to neurad.

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Harmattan noun · 78% connection

a dusty wind from the Sahara that blows toward the western coast of Africa during the winter

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Larboard noun · 78% connection

The left-hand side of a ship to one on board facing toward the bow; port; -- opposed to starboard.

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Left adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action of the limbs is usually weaker than on the other side; -…

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