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单词 beneath, under the lee
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beneath, under the lee (of)
a. Chiefly Nautical. The sheltered side of any object; hence the side (of a ship, the land, an eminence, etc.) that is turned away from the wind. Frequent in beneath, under the lee (of)).
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the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > alongside [phrase] > on the sheltered side
beneath, under the lee (of)c1540
on, upon, to (the) leeward (ofc1550
(to bring, fall) by the lee1597
the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [noun] > fact of having distinct sides > one or other side or hand > side facing specific direction > sheltered side
leec1540
leewardc1550
leewards1574
lee side1577
aleeward1599
lown side1683
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2806 Paris..Shot into ship with shene men of Armys; Lausit loupis fro the le.
1589 Voy. W. Towrson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 99 The 12. day we saw a saile vnder our Lee.
1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late i. 49 He that at euerie gust puts to the Lee shall neuer be good Nauigator.
1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso x. xvi. 74 They bore To come within the lue of Scottish banke.
c1595 T. Maynarde Sir Francis Drake his Voy. (1849) 8 Becalmed under the lee of the land.
?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. Pref. 350 He lattis his scheip tak in at luife and lie.
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xiii. 62 They are to come vnder the Lee of the Admirall to salute him.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 207 The Pilot..Moors by his side under the Lee . View more context for this quotation
1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 271 We run in as much under the Lee of the Point as we could.
1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 33 Rocky shores beneath our lee appear.
1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles i. xxiv. 31 Beneath the Castle's sheltering lee, They staid their course in quiet sea.
1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto II xlv. 141 A tight boat will live in a rough sea, Unless with breakers close beneath her lee.
1855 O. W. Holmes Poems 164 She rends the clinging sea, That flies before the roaring wind, Beneath her hissing lee.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxi. 146 Against..the Matterhorn the vapour was chilled and precipitated in his lee.
1881 H. Smith & C. R. Smith Isle of Wight Words Lew, the lee side.
1884 D. Pae Eustace 129 The lieutenant sails as smooth as a pinnace under his lee.
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