lee | A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

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Lee
·vi To <<Lie>>; to speak falsely. II. Lee ·noun That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipb...

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lee
From the Scandinavian word lœ or laa, the sea; it is the side opposite to that from which the wind i...

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Lee, Nathaniel
(1653?-1692) Dramatist, s. of a clergyman at Hatfield, was ed. at Westminster School and Camb. Afte...

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Lee, Harriet
See Lee, Sophia ...

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Lee, Sophia
(1750-1824), Lee, Harriet (1757-1851) Novelists and dramatists, dau. of John L., an actor, were the...

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Lee, Sidney
D.Litt., LL.D. (b. 1859) Ed. of The Dictionary of National Biography (with Sir L. Stephen), Stratf...

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a-lee
The contrary of a-weather: the position of the helm when its tiller is borne over to the lee-side of...

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lee-anchor
The leeward one, if under weigh; or that to leeward to which a ship, when moored, is riding. ...

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lee-beam
On the lee-side of the ship, at right angles with the keel. ...

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lee-boards
Wooden wings or strong frames of plank affixed to the sides of flat-bottomed vessels, such as Dutch ...

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lee-fang
A rope rove through the cringle of a sail, for hauling in, so as to lace on a bonnet. ...

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lee-fange
The iron bar upon which the sheets of fore-and-aft sails traverse, in small vessels. (See horse.) ...

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lee-gauge
Implies being farther from the point whence the wind blows, than another vessel in company. ...

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lee-hitch
The helmsman getting to leeward of the course. ...

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lee-lurches
The sudden and violent rolls which a ship often takes to leeward when a large wave strikes her on th...

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lee-shore
A ship is said to be on a lee-shore, when she is near it, with the wind blowing right on to it. ...

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lee-side
All that part of a ship or boat which lies between the mast and the side farthest from the wind, the...

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lee-tide
A tide running in the same direction as the wind, and forcing a ship to leeward of the line upon whi...

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lee-way
What a vessel loses by drifting to leeward in her course. When she is sailing close-hauled in a smoo...

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lee-wheel
The assistant to the helmsman. ...

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by the lee
The situation of a vessel going free, when she has fallen off so much as to bring the wind round her...

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hard-a-lee
The situation of the tiller when it brings the rudder hard over to windward. Strictly speaking, it o...

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lee-gunwale under
A colloquial phrase for being sorely over-pressed, by canvas or other cause. ...

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luff a-lee
See luff round ...

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under the lee
Sheltered from the wind by some intervening object, as a ship under the lee of the land. ...

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angle of lee-way
The difference between the apparent compass-course and the true one arising from lateral pressure an...

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brought by the lee
See bring by the lee, to. ...

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make lee-way, to
To drift to leeward of the course. ...

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bring by the lee, to
To incline so rapidly to leeward of the course when the ship sails large, or nearly before the wind,...

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lee-hatch, take care of the!
A word of caution to the helmsman, not to let the ship fall to leeward of her course. ...

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lee-side of the quarter-deck
Colloquially called the midshipman's parade. ...

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