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Meanings of smoother water in English

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Usage of smoother water in English
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He hugged the cross freshets instead of striking out into the smoother water.
Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses, an...
2
Few were forwarder than they; few had smoother water or more prosperous gales.
The Rocky Island / and Other Similitudes
3
Then the craft veered towards the smoother water where we were.
Mrs. Falchion, Volume 2.
4
My poor, weather-beaten bark now reached smoother water, and gentler breezes.
My Bondage and My Freedom
5
At length they reached smoother water, and presently met fifteen canoes of friendly Indians.
France and England in North America, Part I: Pioneers of France ...
6
We'll have smoother water to work through, once we're round, and the tide's helping her.
Vane of the Timberlands
7
Once in smoother water we waited for the proper moment, counting the foam-crests as they passed.
White Shadows in the South Seas
8
Presently, by the smoother water, he knew he must be in the lea of Little Bear.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904
9
However we managed to set the mainsail, and I hoped we should soon have smoother water.
The Three Lieutenants
10
We'll get smoother water along the island shore.
Vane of the Timberlands
11
We ran up the Carquinez Straits and edged into the bight at Turner's Shipyard for smoother water.
Tales of the Fish Patrol
12
As the bight at Turner's Shipyard opened out, Charley edged into it to get the smoother water.
Tales of the Fish Patrol
13
He waited until her yellow crest appeared in the smoother water of the river, and then rowed back.
Under the Redwoods
14
That night they got under Scarborough Head where they had smoother water and succeeded in making a landing.
The Story of Paul Boyton: Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the...
15
They were in smoother water now.
The Yellow Crayon
16
The despairing shrieks of his shipmates sounded in his ears, and he felt himself borne onward into smoother water.
Ben Hadden; or, Do Right Whatever Comes Of It
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