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EASTERLY Wind direction
SET Direction or course; as, the set of the wind, or of a current.
WINDWARD Toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows.
BEATING The process of sailing against the wind by tacks in zigzag direction.
FLY The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
ANEMOGRAPH An instrument for measuring and recording the direction and force of the wind.
ANTI-TRADE A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind.
VEER To change direction; to turn; to shift; as, wind veers to the west or north.
HAUL To change the direction of a ship by hauling the wind. See under Haul, v. t.
ANEMOGRAPHY The art of recording the direction and force of the wind, as by means of an anemograph.
NORTHERN In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind.
WIND To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees.
FAN A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind.
SERPENTIZE To turn or bend like a serpent, first in one direction and then in the opposite; to meander; to wind; to serpentine.
CLOSEHAULED Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.
SOUTHWEST Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest; proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest; as, a southwest wind.
DOGVANE A small vane of bunting, feathers, or any other light material, carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the wind.
AWEATHER On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm aweather!
ANTICYCLONE A movement of the atmosphere opposite in character, as regards direction of the wind and distribution of barometric pressure, to that of a cyclone.
LARGE Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; -- said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.
LEEWARD Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the part or side toward which the wind blows; -- opposed to windward; as, a leeward berth; a leeward ship.
EXPOSITION Situation or position with reference to direction of view or accessibility to influence of sun, wind, etc.; exposure; as, an easterly exposition; an exposition to the sun.
WEATHERCOCK A vane, or weather vane; -- so called because originally often in the figure of a cock, turning on the top of a spire with the wind, and showing its direction.
ANEMOSCOPE An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above...
TACK ...f her sails; as, the starboard tack, or port tack; -- the former when she is closehauled with the wind on her starboard side; hence, the run of ...
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