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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 Bone, David W. (David William)

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

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

“Go for’ard and hard alee without any noise,” he said to me in a low voice. 

From The Sea Wolf by London, Jack




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