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: A Aë A- A. Aa Ab Ac Ad Ae Af Ag Ah Ai Aj Ak Al Am An Ao Ap Aq Ar As At Au Av Aw Ax Ay Az

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alee

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Adverb

HYPHEN

a=lee

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adverbial alee has 1 sense

alee(r = adv.all) Array - on or toward the lee; "put the helm alee"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

alee, adv. [Pref. a- + lee.].

On or toward the lee, or the side away from the wind; the opposite of aweather. The helm of a ship is alee when pressed close to the lee side. [1913 Webster]

Hard alee, or Luff alee, an order to put the helm to the lee side.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

alee, adv. & predic.adj.
1 on the lee or sheltered side of a ship.
2 to leeward.

Etymology

ME, f. A(2) + LEE

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