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Further and further did they drift to leeward, notwithstanding their exertions; while the frantic mother extended her arms, imploring and entreating.
The Pirate
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As the brig had only been drifting to leeward, they were at no great distance.
Mark Seaworth
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All day and night we lay thus, drifting to leeward at three knots an hour.
A First Year in Canterbury Settlement
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The thing, being larger than himself and partly out of water, was drifting to leeward faster than himself.
A Simpleton
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The centre-board was lowered to stop her drifting to leeward, although I cannot say it made much difference that ever I saw.
The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales
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In the meantime, the Flyaway had luffed up; though she was nearer to Carrie than Paul's boat, she was rapidly drifting to leeward.
Little By Little; or, The Cruise of the Flyaway
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The spray of the fountains of the château d'eau drifts to leeward and hides at times patches of the velvety grass on the hill.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 22...
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We at once began drifting to leeward, while they got out two pairs of oars and rowed their light craft directly into the wind.
Tales of the Fish Patrol
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This may mean a wait of anything from ten minutes to half an hour, whilst the ship swings round, falls away, and drifts to leeward.
Scott's Last Expedition, Volume I / Being the journals of Captai...
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"To see a first-class ship drift to leeward in a narrow sea with a fair wind," said Dodd bitterly.
Hard Cash
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"She has drifted to leeward more than I suspected; we must yet shake another reef out of the topsails," he observed.
Ronald Morton; or, the Fire Ships: A Story of the Last Naval War