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Meanings of blowing dead in English

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Usage of blowing dead in English
1
The wind was blowing dead on shore, and a tremendous sea running.
A Yacht Voyage Round England
2
The wind was blowing dead along the shore, and grew fiercer and fiercer.
Jack Archer: A Tale of the Crimea
3
A stiff breeze was now blowing dead ahead, and this Glen thoroughly enjoyed.
Glen of the High North
4
Donny tore through Zephyr at sixty miles an hour, blowing dead leaves in our wake.
Boy’s Life
5
The darts (1) represent the wind blowing dead against it.
The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns
6
A sharp wind was blowing dead ahead, and we closed the front of the vehicle to exclude it.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar...
7
The wind has chopped up north, and is blowing dead on; and, with this tide, we shall have a good deal on shore.
Two Years Ago, Volume I
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