Nautical. Of the wind: To become unfavourable, to draw too much ahead. Const. upon, with. (Cf. scant, adj. 7) ? Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > avail oneself of a wind [verb (intransitive)] > be impeded by wind > of wind: to become unfavourable (1) scant1599 Nautical. Of the wind: To become unfavourable, to draw too much ahead. Const. upon, with. (Cf. scant, adj. 7) ? Obsolete. |
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