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Leeward [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Pertaining to the part towards which the wind blows; as a leeward ship.

Leeward [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Towards the lee, or that part towards which the wind blows; opposed to windward; as fall to leeward

Leeward [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

Leeward [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Toward the lee.

Leeward [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The lee side; the lee.

Leeward islands Encyclopedia Britannica

LEEWARD ISLANDS. See West Indies.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 14, p. 412
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