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alee

adverb as in forth

adverb as in onward

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adverb as in onward/onwards

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The 720 ft ship was doing 27 knots and the helm was hard alee.

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With the sails furled, and the helm lashed alee; Ð applied to ships in a storm.

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And we kept those fellows alee, astern, And in an awful rage.

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The flood tide making over the shoals sets in with a thrussh of broken water alee of the wreck.

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The wind tore the words from Scully's lips and scattered them far alee.

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