Lee"ward (?), a. Naut.

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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n.

The lee side; the lee.

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adv.

Toward the lee.

 

© Webster 1913.

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