sidewards

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From a South sunne that wee weyed, the winde being at North and by East, wee driued to the windwards halfe the ebbe, with the ships head to the Eastwards.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 03 by Hakluyt, Richard

Its nose in sleep is always pointed windwards.

From My Attainment of the Pole by Cook, Frederick A.

A.: He came to windwards, but the wind shifting contrary he took to leewards and perceiving said vessel he followed her and anchored in the same bay.

From The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders by Scott, Ernest

The mate, looking to windwards, suddenly lowered his glasses, rubbed his eyes in a puzzled way, and looked again. 

From The Mutiny of the Elsinore by London, Jack