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Webster 1913 Edition

Leeway

Lee′wayˊ

(lē′wāˊ)
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Noun.
(Naut.)
The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.

Webster 1828 Edition

Leeway

LEE'WAY

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Noun.
The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course, or the angle which the line of her way makes with her keel, when she is close-hauled.

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