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Definition of Leeways
1. leeway [n] - See also: leeway
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leeways
Literary usage of Leeways
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Self-instruction in the Practice and Theory of Navigation by Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin Dunraven (1900)
"... a sailing ship's Day's Work, with a lot of Courses and leeways and comparatively
short Distances. ... with few Courses, no leeways, and Long Distances. ..."
2. Technology Review by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Association of Class Secretaries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association (1899)
"... only vehicles but probably other commodities required in war are made with
leeways and allowances which are necessary for production OB a large scale. ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1913)
"said Poley. "Yes! that's what he said—the werry articul words. And your poor dear
mother is a-crying after you every day. . E leeways she's doin' well. ..."
4. Memories and Studies by William James (1911)
"He knows the compass, and, with all the leeways he is obliged to tack toward, he
always makes some headway. A small force, if it never lets up, ..."
5. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1854)
"The nine species here enumerated are found pretty generally along our sea-border
and on the lakes, estuaries, and salt leeways. I could on any evening shoot ..."
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