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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

  calm, under the wind, shelter. S. ...

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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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• Side

  SIDE(Σίδη: Eth. Σιδήτης), a town with a good harbour on the coast of Pamphylia, 50 stadia to the wes...

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• Side

  ·vi To lean on one side. II. Side ·noun Long; large; extensive. III. Side ·vt To furnish with a si...

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• side

  long ; my coat is very side ; i. e. very long. Also proud, steep. From the Saxon, SIDE, BID, or the ...

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• side

  All that part of a ship which extends from stem to stern in length, and from the upper edge of the g...

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• Side

  a city on the coast of Pamphylia, 10 or 12 miles to the east of the river Eurymedon. It is mentioned...

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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-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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• Crown side

  ·- ·see Crown office. ...

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• Side line

  ·add. ·- A line pert. or attached to the side of a thing. II. Side line ·add. ·- A secondary road; ...

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• Side slip

  ·add. ·- ·see <<Skid>>, below. ...

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• Side-slip

  ·add. ·vi ·see <<Skid>>, below. ...

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• Side-taking

  ·noun A taking sides, as with a party, sect, or faction. ...

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• Side-wheel

  ·adj Having a paddle wheel on each side; — said of steam vessels; as, a side-wheel steamer. ...

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• Ditch Side

  The Town Ditch, in Farringdon Ward Within ; the east side was included in Blackfriars precinct (Stry...

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• Water Side

  East out of All Hallows Lane, in Dowgate Ward, to Red Bull Yard and Angel Passage (L.C.C. Streets, 1...

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• side pocket

  He has as much need of a wife as a dog of a side pocket; said of a weak old debilitated man. He want...

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• side-coat

  a great coat. York. ...

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• side-like

  such-like. North. ...

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• side-ropes

  See entering-ropes ...

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• exterior side

  The side of an imaginary polygon, upon which the plan of a fortification is constructed. ...

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• side-men

  See side-boys ...

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• side-boys

  , or side-men. Those appointed to attend the gangways when boats come alongside, and offer the man...

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• side-keelsons

  A name for sister-keelsons. First used in mortar-vessels to support the bomb-beds; later they have c...

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• side-ladder

  , or accommodation-ladder. A complete staircase structure used in harbour by most large ships. ...

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• side-lever

  A lever on each side of the cylinder of a marine steam-engine, resembling the beam of the ordinary l...

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• side-pieces

  Parts of a made mast. ...

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• side-rods

  Rods hanging from each of the cross-heads, one on each side of the cylinder of a steam-engine, and c...

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• side-scale

  A simple graduation, adopted by Sir Philip Broke in the Shannon, for the quick elevation or depressi...

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• side-steps

  Pieces of wood bolted to the side of a ship for the convenience of ascending; in smaller vessels the...

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• top-side

  All that part of a ship's side which is above the main-wales: that is, those strakes between the she...

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• weather-side

  That side of a ship on which the wind blows; it is the promenade for superior officers. (See also it...

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• lee-side of the quarter-deck

  Colloquially called the midshipman's parade. ...

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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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• Side-chain theory

  ·add. ·- A theory proposed by Ehrlich as a chemical explanation of immunity phenomena. In brief outl...

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• Fleet Ditch Side

  By Fleet Ditch (P.C. 1732). ...

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• Foss Side Warehouses

  On Tower Hill, east side, extending to Irongate (Lockie, 1816). So called as being by the Tower Dit...

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• side-saddle flower

  (Lat. Sarracenia.) A plant, as well as its whole genus, of very singular structure. It grows in swam...

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• side counter-timber

  The stern timber which partakes of the shape of the top-side, and heels upon the end of the wing-tra...

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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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• steps of the side

  Pieces of quartering nailed to the sides amidships, from the wale upwards; for the people ascending ...

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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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• Church Side Alley, Fetter Lane

  See Churchyard Alley. ...

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• to pinch on the parson's side

  To defraud the parson of his tithe. ...

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• stroke-side of a boat

  That in which the after starboard rowlock is placed, or where the after oar is rowed if single-banke...

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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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• Fore Side of St. Thomas Apostle

  In Queen Street, Cheapside. See Great St. Thomas Apostle. ...

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• flag-side of a split fish

  The side without the bone. ...

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• side out for a bend, to

  The old well-known term to draw the bight of a hempen cable towards the opposite side, in order to m...

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