lee-side

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

LEE'-SIDE, noun The side of a ship or boat farthest from the point whence the wind blows; opposed to the weather-side. LEE'-TIDE, noun A tide running in the same direction that the wind blows. A tide under the lee, is a stream in an opposite direction to the wind.
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