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
“Hands, about ship; helms alee; raise tacks and sheets; mainsail haul; of all, haul!”
From The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley by Kingston, William Henry Giles
As we passed alee of the grain-carrier there was no doubt of the truth of the rigger's assurance.
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by Bone, David W. (David William)
Wild wasp and tutored bee sing sideways on their course as the breeze fills their vanes; with broad coloured sails boomed out, the butterfly drifts alee.
From Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies by Jefferies, Richard
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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