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alee

[uh-lee] / əˈli /


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

From The Verge ● Aug. 25, 2022

With helm hard alee the Knitsley started to run back to the shelter of nearby Santander, still held by Leftists.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by David W. (David William) Bone

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

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster

These were doing their best to fly, but failing of that luck, put helm alee, and shivered in the wind, and made fine speeches, proving that they must win the day.

From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore


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