Luff: alternatives and connections

On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side.

To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of.

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…

Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind-Fertilized.

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

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

A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of master, or of th…

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…

To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel.

A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or…

The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden; as, a ship of twelve feet dra…

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…

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…

The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of timber which…

To shift from one side of a vessel to the other; -- said of the boom of a fore-and-aft sail when the vessel is steered off the wind un…

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

To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.

Being on the side next or toward the person speaking; nearer; -- correlate of thither and farther; as, on the hither side of a hill.