alee
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The 720 ft ship was doing 27 knots and the helm was hard alee.
From The Verge • Aug. 25, 2022
With helm hard alee the Knitsley started to run back to the shelter of nearby Santander, still held by Leftists.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two young fellows raced up the rigging, others stood by to prevent jibing, and the mate put the wheel hard alee.
From The Harbor of Doubt by Gage, George W.
Within her sides, now hopeless, helmless, bare, At random o'er the wildering waters hurled; 10 The reek of battle drifting slow alee Not sullener than we.
From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell
The wind tore the words from Scully's lips and scattered them far alee.
From The Monster and Other Stories by Crane, Stephen
Vocabulary lists containing alee
Scrabble: Four-Letter Words with 3 Vowels
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That's the Way the Wind Blows
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4-letter words, List 1
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