| 单词 | windward side |
| 例句 | The air moved a little faster and became a light wind, so that leeward and windward side were clearly differentiated. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z But six of the laughing brown men slid out on the bamboo logs on the windward side, and their weight balanced the huge sail against the pressure of the wind. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Stuart and I gathered up our boots and all our clothing and then positioned ourselves on the windward side of the shelter. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z But there’s a town wrapped around the beach, and, around that, a whole other side of the 600-square-mile island of Oahu — the windward side, a world away from Honolulu. Return to Kailua, Hawaii 2011-09-02T18:14:23Z Here we spied vivid Moorish idol fish and yellow puffer fish in the aquarium-like calm, supplanted by larger tuna as we rounded the rough windward side. Latin America 2011 |?Journeys: Isla Coiba, Panama, a Marine Preserve 2011-09-16T18:55:00Z The real Hawaii is there, if you look for it and listen; it lingers strongest where tourists don’t notice, all along the windward side. Return to Kailua, Hawaii 2011-09-02T18:14:23Z Finally, there’s Pali Lookout for a view of Oahu’s windward side, where you will see Kaneohe Bay in the distance and wild chickens in the parking lot. What to Do in Honolulu 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Go through the second tunnel and then, ladies and gentlemen: the windward side, lush terrain of old fishponds, streams, marshes, soft volcanic cinder cones and the blue, isle-dotted bay, all laid at your feet. Return to Kailua, Hawaii 2011-09-02T18:14:23Z The windward side has local fishermen, dancers, musicians, artists — native Hawaiian families rooted there for generations, with names like Mahoe, Aluli and Pahinui. Return to Kailua, Hawaii 2011-09-02T18:14:23Z Hands-down, the day-long drive from the North Shore around the island’s windward side stole the show as far as unspoiled natural coastal beauty. Waikiki Beach is only two miles of Oahu. The rest is well worth checking out. 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Our two-bedroom cottage, without locks, was located on the windward side of the island. Thirty years later, a return trip to the Bahamas 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z These mountains are on Oahu’s wetter, windward side because they trap moisture and rain that move across the island from the northeast. There’s another wildfire burning in Hawaii. This one is destroying irreplaceable rainforest on Oahu 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z Areas in “severe drought” include Maui’s leeward side — where the now burned town of Lahaina is — while the windward side is considered “abnormally dry.” How a perfect storm of climate and weather led to catastrophic Maui fire 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Doors and windows should be closed firmly - particularly those to the windward side of the house - and especially large doors, like those on garages. Storm Eunice: Guide to preparing for 90mph winds 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z The sandbar that rests between the open Pacific Ocean and Kaneohe Bay on Oahu’s windward side is a popular gathering place for local boaters and tourists. Hawaii: Don’t burn Christmas trees at sacred Oahu sandbar 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Rain falls on the top or the windward side of the mountain but the eastern side is much drier. Why was it so warm on Saturday night? 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z Repairs to the Honolulu-bound side of the Pali Highway, a critical route between Honolulu and the windward side of the island, are expected to be completed in August, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported . Landslide repairs on Oahu highway will take 5 more months 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z They shift to the windward side of the cockpit, lean out until they balance the boat against the wind. Verge Fiction: An excerpt from Kim Stanley Robinson's Aurora 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z Several roofs were blown or damaged on Oahu’s windward side. Stormy weather causes problems across islands 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z No air turbulence was felt on windward side of mountain. The Cataclysm: "From Unbaked Fragments to Vitreous Charcoal" 2013-05-23T14:15:11.527Z As I tried to settle in, Richardson knelt to explain my job, which sounded pretty simple: when the boat turned, I would shift along with it, always moving to the windward side. A Heart-Thumping Ride on a Racing Catamaran 2012-11-13T20:38:39Z By huddling together on the floor against the windward side we got some protection. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z He was still well out of range, and, unfortunately for them, on the windward side. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z In the more profuse and varied windward sides there are several general vegetation zones. A Racial Study of the Fijians 2012-03-15T02:00:31.197Z The stockade and the huts on the windward side were ablaze; soon the whole place must be in flames. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z The superstitious inhabitants of the Isle of Man formerly, on Midsummer Eve, lighted fires to the windward side of fields, so that the smoke might pass over the corn. England in the Days of Old 2012-02-18T03:00:17.863Z These slopes on the windward side of Trinidad are overgrown chiefly with a sturdy species of bean. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z On the windward side the roof was pinned down nearly to the top of a loosely-laid wall of stones about three feet high. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z On the windward side rainfall is heavy and rather evenly distributed over the year. A Racial Study of the Fijians 2012-03-15T02:00:31.197Z The only hope left them was to endeavour to rush through the flames and get to the windward side of the conflagration. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z The emerald-green moss clings thickly to the westward or windward side of the crusted trunks, and at their foot what a riot of vegetation! Cornwall 2012-01-20T03:00:16.790Z We both suffered intensely from the cold, and Arten would carefully wrap things round me so that the apertures and crevices were not on the windward side. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z They approached the stump cautiously on its windward side, but there was not much to see. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z The windward sides, where rainfall often exceeds a hundred inches, have a more even temperature and sunshine is more moderate. A Racial Study of the Fijians 2012-03-15T02:00:31.197Z On the windward side of the dune the slope is long and gentle, while the leeward side is steep and in outline concave like a horse-shoe. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z On the windward side of mountains, on the other hand, a notable increase in precipitation seems to have led to abundant glaciation. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z Sailors sleep on the windward side of the boat for performance purposes. Special Report: Volvo Ocean Race: For Round-The-World Sailors, Sleep Is but a Dream 2011-10-27T14:58:54Z Approach it up wind—don’t get on the windward side at all, and if you can find a good rest in a tree, get up in that, with a clear view of the opening. Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies 2011-09-22T02:00:22.487Z The men of Company "I" were hurrying their arms and equipments to the windward side, and as one man the rest of the regiment came running to the scene, swinging their saddle-blankets in air. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z Hence the oil dropped on the windward side of a pond proceeds gradually to leeward, as may be seen by the smoothness it carries with it, quite to the opposite side. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z Mark sat by the mast, both of them on the windward side, so as to trim the boat by their weight and make her stiffer. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Some unwritten law should also render impossible those verbal libels which are continually published by persons cunning enough to keep to the windward side of law in the offensive matter which they write. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z The windward side on board a man-of-war is considered the most honourable, therefore this was in fact putting the General beneath himself. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z Ships that had become unmanageable were thus enabled, by spreading oil on the waves from the windward side, to be brought under control, and dangerous surfs subdued, so that boats could land. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z If, as he expected, Elmer altered the course of the Glider, and attempted to block their way, Harry meant to suddenly shift his helm and shoot up on the windward side. Harry Watson's High School Days The Rivals of Rivertown 2011-06-16T02:00:20.053Z Mark took Pan and worked the raft along till he was within forty or fifty yards of Pearl Island, and on the windward side. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The woman being on the windward side, held it for a while in position, and soon the hail lay thickly on it. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z "Then I'd like to go up there, to try and get some idea what the shoreline looks like on the windward side." Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Lenette scarcely turned her swollen eyes towards the windward side of her husband as he came in at the door. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z Throughout this vast region, within the influence of the trade-winds and of the equatorial rains, the forests are luxuriant and beautiful, except on lowlands not adjacent to the windward side of mountains. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z On the outer or windward side the perch would be on the watch for anything that might come along on the wavelets, and inside for whatever might be washed from the shoal. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z I however kept my station, though almost drowned with water, immense waves continually breaking over our windward side and flooding the ship. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z Around the island, on the windward side, the waves crashed against the shore, but here the lagoon remained serene. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z In extremely cold weather these people gather twigs and earth, till they have a mound heaped up as a protection on the windward side of the hole. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z It was on the windward side of the island, and only for a month or six weeks in the year was the weather pleasant. Napoleon's Young Neighbor 2011-01-24T03:00:18.637Z When everything was ready, Mark rowed a few strokes with one oar till the wind began to fill the sails; then he shipped it, and sat down on the ballast on the windward side. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Lying on the windward side, he shielded it with his body and started the blaze with only one match. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z Though he stood on the windward side, he still coughed occasionally from the smoke that threaded upward, over the "dovecote" and toward the hill above. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Look on the windward side of the island, we were told, far from where the people live and fish. Scientist at Work: A Haul of Toxic Snapper 2010-11-17T00:43:00Z Ripping, tearing, splitting the earth on the windward side of the tree, and breaking off, with reports like pistol-shots, the roots of the giant growth gave way. The Red Mustang So Marie arranged an Indian blanket upon the ground away from the windward side of the fire and then went into her tent to write letters. The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines It was bad luck to the extent that the U-boat was sighted down to leeward, so that there was no alternative but to put over my ‘fire-raft’ on the windward side. Sea-Hounds The low coral islands of the Pacific," says Captain Beechey, "follow one general rule in having their windward side higher and more perfect than the other. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology This is the windward side, and the stockade even under a hot sun is delightfully cool. With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War The windward side of a ship is the side on which the wind is blowing; the lee side, is the opposite side, and is therefore the more quiet. The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers The leeward side of the cabin was already under water, but its windward side still gave shelter, and here, for three hours, the passengers took refuge, their feet braced against the long table. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) It should be done on the windward side of the pond or river, and you will observe it extend to the size of nearly half an acre, making it appear as smooth as a looking-glass. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments If an angel can cook on an out-door fire, he must know how to hang a blanket to the windward side, and an angel who knows this is no nidnoddy fellow, I can tell you. Seeds of Pine He was on the windward side; above him the fumerole was grunting and roaring. Brood of the Dark Moon If the net is not sufficient, a fire made out of the stable litter on the windward side will drive them away, and horses do not mind smoke. Notes on Stable Management in India and the Colonies The mate, however, was not one to take chances; and certain barrels, an anvil and a few other heavy movables were shifted from the windward side of the engines. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday "Well, there's somebody coming right now, I give you my word!" observed Smithy, who happened to be on the windward side of the fire, and able to hear better than some of the rest. The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge Marooned Among the Moonshiners One could imagine the great drifts piled against the windward side. The Monster and Other Stories They cackled together to the windward side of the lordly males, and did not approach except to throw more wet sticks upon the smoulder. The Plow-Woman The reason for this probably lies in the fact that the east coast is on the windward side, and offers less protection for shipping. Porto Rico Its History, Products and Possibilities... The first day, I forgot to mention, was like mid-winter for cold, and rained incessantly so hard that the livid white of our cold-pinched faces wore a sort of inflamed rash on the windward side. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25) Behind him, Alec checked his drop slowly down the windward side of the slope, reading his own meter. The Thirst Quenchers Que followed after it as fast as he could, and let the bag drop beside him, and by chance it hung from his neck to the windward side. Happy Days for Boys and Girls In mixing or boiling stock solutions work only in a well-ventilated place, and on the windward side of the kettle so that steam arising from it will not be inhaled. Special Report on Diseases of Cattle Taking a long pole he prodded an air-hole near the center of the smoldering heap, from which now issued a frightful smell, that caused a hasty retreat to the windward side. A Story of the Red Cross Glimpses of Field Work Her windward side was lifted so high that her bottom planks could be seen. The Seiners The snows had drifted over both the domes on the windward side. The Thirst Quenchers Then voices reached his ears from forward, voices full of wondering anger, and he stepped out clear of the deck-house and peered ahead on the windward side. The Pirate Woman The troops, with whom were Malcolm's Rangers, disembarked at Palmiste, on the 9th June, while Brigadier-General Campbell, with the troops already in the island, advanced from the windward side to take the enemy in rear. The History of the First West India Regiment In Tartary there is a variety which grows to such a size that it is planted for shelter on the windward side of the huts on the Steppes. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore The only knack in tying is to keep the vine on the windward side of the stake, thus saving the breaking of tying material. Manual of American Grape-Growing He made a seat for her on the windward side of the big fire. Whispering Smith The rainfall varies, being greater on the windward side of the Islands, and increasing up to a certain elevation. The Hawaiian Islands Their Resources, Agricultural, Commercial and Financial South, on the windward side, opened a wide bay, Smugglers Cove by name, and it was infinitely more beautiful than its name. Tales of Fishes There is almost always some wind which blows the smoke away, and on the windward side the visitor can stand and breathe freely. Among the Brigands The shoots should be tied up loosely, as they are soft and easily injured, and they should be brought around carefully to the windward side of the stake. Manual of American Grape-Growing The windward side of a dune was toward the Gulf and the slope of that side was gentler than that on the leeward side. Mammals Obtained by Dr. Curt von Wedel from the Barrier Beach of Tamaulipas, Mexico The windward side, which includes the districts of North Kohala, Hamakua, Hilo and Puna, is copiously watered by rains and, in the Hilo district, the streams rush impetuously down every gulch or ravine. The Hawaiian Islands Their Resources, Agricultural, Commercial and Financial When she looked over her shoulder, their windward sides were like black holes in the snow. Shaman It is fortunate that it can be done in the open air, and that the man can sit on the windward side, for the smoke rises through the smaller hole thick and black and suffocating. Makers of Many Things I was on the windward side of the yacht, and she was heeling gently as she ran down the coastline under a full head of steam. Hurricane Island The atmosphere was impregnated with offensive odors, and one was fain to get on the windward side of the smoking mass. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months Jack was on the windward side of it or he could not have endured the horrible smell. The Hilltop Boys A Story of School Life The blazing woods are approachable only on the windward side, and even here the heat is blistering. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies To be on the windward side means comfort and coolness at night. The Critic in the Orient Rub a little of the Oil of Cummin on your hand and approach the horse on the windward side, so that he can smell the Cummin. One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed It is hard to get a shot at him unless the wind is blowing so you may circle him and shoot from the windward side. Black Beaver The Trapper There they lay, for any nearer approach would have been perilous, and even in that place where we were, twenty feet on the windward side, the heat was nigh unbearable. The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea She was making soap, and although they stood on the windward side of the kettle, her eyes were red from the smoke of the hickory logs. The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories “There’s a big log out there that I’m going to bring in to roll up on the windward side.” The Forester's Daughter A Romance of the Bear-Tooth Range Parson Christian was standing by the gate on the windward side of the mill-yard, with Laird Fisher beside him, looking on in silence at the leaping flames. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time The position of the helm when its tiller is moved to the windward side of the ship, in the direction from which the wind blows. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. To keep out the rain, I had laid my poncho on the windward side of the tent, buttoning it along the ridgepole; but it slapped a good deal of the time. At Plattsburg From the windward side of the verandah he and Slaughter leaped to the ground. Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush Silence was maintained until roasted meat, corn cakes, and fermented liquor were handed round to both parties; then all gathered on the windward side, and the palaver commenced. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea And now our songs are minor key, And now in merry tune; The windward side will change to lee, And January to June. Christmas Roses Manœuvring so as to place the first division on the windward side. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. As we moved back along the road to Essarts—the doctor and I at the end of the column—a number of gas-shells were dropped on the windward side of the road. Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 We might have been on the windward side of Ultima Thule. Old Junk Cautiously he stole around the massive structure and was all but washed overboard when he gained the windward side where the water broke in hissing cataracts. Blackbeard: Buccaneer The next five ships followed the Formidable, and like her engaged on the windward side of the enemy. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration Mr. Holmes accordingly gave up the attempt, and fell back again, intending to go round to the windward side of the ship, in hopes to be able to communicate with the crew from that quarter. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 “Well, you will have plenty of chance, for we shall go pretty close to it—but on the windward side.” In the Mahdi's Grasp A three hours' walk brought them to the windward side of the island, and then emerging from the palm-shaded path, they suddenly came upon the principal village of the island. Rodman The Boatsteerer And Other Stories 1898 As we went around by the windward side of the island, it was a rough trip. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson Here’s to the health of Captain Hardy, ancient mariner, and other things too numerous to mention,—the jolliest Jack Tar that ever reefed a sail, or walked on the windward side of a quarter-deck! Cast Away in the Cold An Old Man's Story of a Young Man's Adventures, as Related by Captain John Hardy, Mariner The ring-shaped reef, or atoll, is broken in one or more places, generally on the leeward side, and built up higher on the windward side. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania But mind thou, keep on the windward side o’ decency. A Forgotten Hero Not for Him It was nearly an hour before they came round to the windward side of the herd and began working in upon it. Frank Merriwell's Bravery After lunch and a siesta we crossed the island to the windward side and gathered more shells. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson The bugler's nose is frozen on the windward side. The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 The water dashing up against the reef on the windward side brings an abundance of food, while the slight movement of the waves on the leeward side brings but little food. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania The first flaw of wind that struck it heeled the boat over so far that Thomas leaped with desperate haste up to the windward side. Little By Little or, The Cruise of the Flyaway "Aren't you going to tell him about the frost?" asked George, as Ross turned his pony off on the windward side of the orchard. The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men In desperate haste the four took down the light craft, threw in the oars and guns, and dashed across the quarter of a mile which lay between them and the windward side of the ice. Adrift in the Ice-Fields Sailors call the side on which the wind strikes, the weather or windward side, and the opposite to it the lee side. Ben Hadden or, Do Right Whatever Comes Of It The average rainfall is from sixty to one hundred and eighty-five inches, most of the rain falling on the windward side. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Black Bruin was not as well versed in hunting as most of his wild kindred, so he did not take the precaution to get upon the windward side of his game. Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear Priscilla, a good deal tangled in a writhing rope, was struggling past the tiller to the windward side. Priscilla's Spies Keep back on the windward side,” he continued. Syd Belton The Boy who would not go to Sea That he might be able to wisely direct the men to the points where the attack seemed to be most directed, a scaffold of logs was hurriedly erected on the windward side of the camp. Winter Adventures of Three Boys At a dozen points, on the windward side of the town, fires had been lighted by incendiaries and, as there was a brisk wind blowing, the danger was extreme. On the Irrawaddy A Story of the First Burmese War At two o’clock in the morning, however, the wind increased and the heavy waves began to break against the windward side of the ship, dashing over her amidships in columns of spray. The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land Now, I want a party to enter the bush on the windward side and carefully beat down-wind in order to drive the brutes into the open. The Adventures of Dick Maitland A Tale of Unknown Africa The Sioux surrounded this spot, and set fire to it on the windward side of the reeds, in order to drive them out. Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3 When they were all burned down, the Residency windows on the windward side were opened, for the first time. Through Three Campaigns A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti He could see people moving about the fire, which was partially protected from the storm by a heavy canvas on the windward side. Boy Scouts in the Philippines Or, The Key to the Treaty Box All the hedges on windward side black as black tea. The Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century Two Lectures delivered at the London Institution February 4th and 11th, 1884 As they were somewhat to the windward side of the bear, they turned off and went down the valley. Bob Hunt in Canada Then they brought sulphur from the volcanic caves, and set fire to the long grass on the windward side of the tents. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward He lit a smudge fire to the windward side of him, fed him small quantities of food at intervals, and arranged a sleeping-place for him with mosquito netting for protection. The Yukon Trail A Tale of the North A Long Way on the Heavenward RoadToList By morning every room on the windward side of our house looked like the inside of an igloo. Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour So he merely built a low, hood-like structure on the windward side of the space the others had cleared. Under the Great Bear I am obliged to sit on the windward side of the paper while I read its interesting contents, and to wash my hands afterwards—immediately. Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter He then ascended to the deck, and proceeded to take a "constitutional" on the windward side of the quarter deck. On The Blockade The observations were interrupted by the fact that the wind so far died away that large balls of the ejected lava began to fall on the windward side of the cone. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography The whole was to be damped, with the exception of only a small quantity on the windward side of the heaps, which was to be used for starting the fire. A Jacobite Exile Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of Charles the Twelfth of Sweden First he marked out a circular space some twelve feet in diameter, from which he bade his companions excavate the snow with their snowshoes, and throw it out on the windward side. Under the Great Bear In the beginning he placed the Crescent on the weather quarter of the French ship,—that is, on the windward side, but a little to the rear. Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy A tree was placed across, with a couple of smaller supports, and on this was made on a rough framework a sloping roof to the windward side. Round About the Carpathians It was heaped apparently with the lightness of foam on the windward sides of the roads, over the fences and the stone walls, and on the village roofs. Madelon A Novel On Rarotonga there were more deaths on the windward side of the island than on the leeward. Adventures in New Guinea The sacred battalion of skeletons muffled in rags crowded greedily the windward side, stretching hundreds of numbed, bony hands to the blaze. The Point Of Honor A Military Tale So, when De Guichen approached from the windward side of the islands, on May 9th, he found the British getting underway to meet him. Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy I looked out for another rock oven, and found one not otherwise unsuitable for shelter; but unfortunately this time the opening was to the windward side, so it was useless for our purpose. Round About the Carpathians Even then we had to run back every few moments for a breath of fresher air, though we were on the windward side of the lake. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 No 1, Nov 1877 Her husband hovered tenderly near her, drawing her shawl with solicitous hand closer about her shoulders and standing upon the windward side of her to protect her from the damp and keen breeze. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe I inquired assuming the independent, as I gave my hat an easy set on the windward side of my head. The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth It was wrapping deeper and deeper the white slopes of the mountains and piling feathery drifts against the windward sides of the sighing pines. Destiny It is a simple matter to find the tensile stress in that part of a plain concrete chimney between two radii on the windward side. Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, Paper No. 1169, Volume LXX, Dec. 1910 When the home shanty is infested, it may be cleared in the same way, and by the aid of two or more smudges on the windward side may be kept free from the insects. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making They have with them a dark lantern, from which a torch is fired and applied to the roof of light reeds on the windward side. The House of Walderne A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in the Days of the Barons' Wars They had landed upon the windward side of the island at a point where they were exposed to the full sweep of the gale. Ungava Bob A Winter's Tale I crept forward, and us I did so I felt the wagon rise up on the windward side and bump back on the ground. The Voyage of the Rattletrap The tacks and sheets are the ropes by which the courses are hauled down, and kept in place, the tack being on the windward side, and the sheet on the leeward. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat Almost alone I stood for hours at the railing on the windward side, looking out over the rippling water where the moon had laid upon it a broad street of gold. The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 The leeward side of a boat is the opposite of the windward side; that is, that side of the boat which is sheltered from the wind. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island All this time the aeroplane was moving slowly in circles over the vessel, being still careful to keep on the windward side for fear of sparks. Round the World in Seven Days Jack was clinging to the rear wagon wheel on the windward side, which was all that had saved it from capsizing. The Voyage of the Rattletrap On reaching the windward side of the island he threw the schooner up into the wind, and ordered the large boat to be hoisted out and put in the water. Gascoyne, The Sandal-Wood Trader A Tale of the Pacific He steadied her with a hand upon her shoulder, slipped round to the windward side, and linked his arm within hers. The Real Adventure When the flames began crawling up the windward side of the tree and the heat became unbearable, Jeff said: "Jess, which would you rather take chances on, Grizzly or fire?" Bears I Have Met—and Others At that instant, just as they reached the windward side of the smoke-cloud, which was evidently blown by an easterly wind, Rodier gave a cry. Round the World in Seven Days We on the windward side sought the smoother water within the reeds, and drove along rapidly under bare poles, out of sight of the Hattie, separated at nightfall by miles of raging sea. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 Then, near each hole, and on the windward side, two stakes were set about four feet apart and a square of canvas lashed between them for a wind-break. Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island Or, The Old Hunter's Treasure Box To my astonishment, I saw a man on board, and recognised the stalwart Jens, who had ventured out with one of the men, from the windward side, in a six-oared boat. The Visionary Pictures From Nordland We lay so thick on the windward side of the spar deck under the awning, that it would have been difficult to find foot room. A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" Urgent as was his own errand, Smith could not pass without at least inquiry, so he sank still lower, steering as close alongside the vessel on the windward side as the planes would allow. Round the World in Seven Days The breeze was now streaming fresh; and, as if to force down into the water the windward side of the craft, five men stood upon this long beam, grasping five shrouds. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I The plan is to hack two holes, one in the top, another on the windward side, and to connect the two passages. In the Ranks of the C.I.V. The windward side of the Islands of Oahu and Kauai produces a great deal of rice, and this is one of the products which promises to increase largely. Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands "Being as how this is the windward side of the fire, and on a down slope, I should think they might," remarked Jack Pollock drily. The Rules of the Game I’ll take the windward side and you can bivouac against the fire. The Daredevil Rod after rod they cleared a path and fired the leaves on the windward side of this lane. The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol The flame spluttered for an instant, died down, crawled around to the windward side of the stick, crawled back again, and then flared up gloriously. Boy Scouts in Northern Wilds Hilo, as you will perceive on the map, lies on the eastern or windward side of the Island of Hawaii. Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands On the windward side there is a long gradual slope, covered with tall coarse grass, among which many quail were found. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 "Ben, perch yourself up on the windward side, and we'll see which is the best boat." Frank, the Young Naturalist He raised the alarm; an Indian rode up and set fire to the bushes from the windward side. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Bowers has completed his southern storeroom and brought the wing across the porch on the windward side, connecting the roofing with that of the porch. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I It was a floppy sea and he unwisely ventured along the windward side of the casing, and she seized her opportunity. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 26, 1919 They took the bark from dead wood, and shaved off many splinters, building up a little heap in the lee of a cliff, which they sheltered on the windward side with their bodies. The Masters of the Peaks A Story of the Great North Woods Meeting adjourned to inspect this valuable site from the windward side. Bullets & Billets The reply of Lew Hervey was just sharp enough to goad the newcomer—just soft enough to stay on the windward side of an insult. Alcatraz Suddenly it commenced spluttering and rising with incredible rapidity, causing a general stampede among our company, who all moved around to the windward side of the geyser. The Discovery of Yellowstone Park Mountains three thousand feet high separated the leeward and windward sides. O+F I want to check something out on the windward side. Joe Burke's Last Stand Seeds and plants from Sumatra and Java have been driven up by the surf on the windward side of the islands. The Voyage of the Beagle To keep clear of these I stood to the windward side, and was thus out of harm's way. James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography He then set fire to the place from the windward side, whereupon a deafening noise of drums and shouting arose on the front and rear of the Hsiung-nu, who rushed out pell-mell in frantic disorder. The Art of War The windward side was cooler, breezier, and less touristy. O+F Down below, Nab runs out a bare black arm into the sea, which even in the calmest weather angrily foams along the windward side. Yorkshire This is especially the case on the windward sides of the islands, which first receive and condense the moisture from the atmosphere. The Voyage of the Beagle They happened to be on the windward side, as we called it. The Bark Covered House He crept noiselessly along to the eastward, so that the watcher stood upon the windward side of him, and reaching the brink he peered over into the darkness. The Slave of the Lamp On the windward side the waves came rushing up, beating upon and sweeping over her. Cord and Creese For as you always go up on the windward side, and the ship leans over, it makes more of a stairs of the rigging; whereas, in harbor, it is almost straight up and down. Redburn. His First Voyage Part of the male population were hard at work ruthlessly chopping down fences and even whole huts which were near the fire and on the windward side. The Possessed (The Devils) At the top there is an extra skin adjusted as a collar, so as to be open on the windward side to facilitate the exit of the smoke. Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines At one time it had been Thad's hope that if the worst came they might find themselves thrown on the windward side of Sturgeon Island. The Boy Scouts on Sturgeon Island or Marooned Among the Game-fish Poachers Down below, Saltwick Nab runs out a bare black arm into the sea, which even in the calmest weather angrily foams along the windward side. Yorkshire—Coast and Moorland Scenes I was in my cot on the windward side. Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin He had not gone back in the direction whence they had come, but had taken the deserted windward side of the ship, doubtless with the intention of avoiding the crowd. The Primadonna They were on the windward side of the ship, untenanted save now and then by the shadowy forms of other promenaders. The Cinema Murder That day, between ten and eleven o’clock in the morning, I was walking backwards and forwards on the deck, on the windward side. An Antarctic Mystery I now resolved to signal to the troops in the manner agreed on, and at the first opportunity set fire to the grass on the windward side of the wagon. The Life of Hon. William F. Cody Known as Buffalo Bill the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide As far from the lee of a drift as possible, all hands—under the desert man's direction—worked to rig a tarpaulin on the windward side of the wagon. The Winning of Barbara Worth They, therefore, worked round on the windward side of the crater, and after that felt no ill consequences. The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic Against this were laid other poles and branches of trees sloping to the ground on the windward side. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 Experienced seamen don't put off on the windward side. The Belted Seas The windward side was piled with snow, on the crest of which foam pellets lay, looking yellow by comparison, and melting small holes with their brine. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale On the windward side the rivers are very numerous and picturesque. The Hawaiian Archipelago It is bitter cold, and I have the windward side of the car, and shiver at the nodding daffodils in blooming clumps at every cottage as we pass along. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland Under foot the earth is heated, so intense is the fire; no one can approach, even on the windward side, within a pole's length. The Life of the Fields Soon a black speck had moved to the windward side of the bar—and it could be nothing but the smoke of the 'Aurora'. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The sulphur fumes are so suffocating that it can be approached only on the windward side. Time and Change The settlement is accessible also by a very difficult landing at Kalaupapa on the windward side of Molokai. The Hawaiian Archipelago All four of us were lying down on the windward side, but to leeward the foam still bubbled up over the rowlocks. Seven Icelandic Short Stories When we grew tired of our sport we went to the windward side of the field and perched ourselves on the high pole fence that skirted a dark spruce wood, full of strange, furtive sounds. The Story Girl The poles were roughly bound together with an alpine rope and anchored to a pick on the windward side. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The two bags of clothing were bobbing about amid the brash and glacier-ice to the windward side of the spit, and it did not seem possible to reach them. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition The mercury is about four degrees lower for each 1,000 feet of ascent--rather more than this indeed on the windward side of the islands. The Hawaiian Archipelago "If we could get on the windward side of that burning barge, throw a line aboard and tow it out into the middle of the lake, it could burn there without doing any damage!" The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake Or, the stirring cruise of the motor boat Gem Six times he walked past the windward side of the tent, and scattered the turpentine over it. It Is Never Too Late to Mend The bergs had long ramps of snow leading close up to their summits on the windward side and in many cases the intervals between these ramps and the bergs were occupied by deep moats. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Then he returned to Rodriguez and tied a blanket to the windward side of two trees to make a kind of bedroom for his master, for they had all the blankets they needed. Don Rodriguez; chronicles of Shadow Valley When the reef has risen to wave base, the waves abrade it on the windward side and pile to leeward coral blocks torn from their foundation, filling the interstices with finer fragments. The Elements of Geology "Yes, you will find it in one of the after lockers," answered Betty, as she skillfully directed the course of her boat so as to get on the windward side of the barge. The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake Or, the stirring cruise of the motor boat Gem They bring back boughs, with which they make a screen on the windward side, and contrive to light a fire. The Dynasts On its windward side was a tangled cluster of large sastrugi. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 "We shall keep on the windward side of treason," said he. Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 A heavy sea rolled down upon her, and burst the bulwarks on the windward side. Pioneers of France in the New World They now filled three of their largest vessels with combustibles, and placing them on the windward side of the bridge, set them alight. The Dragon and the Raven A number broke into the store, and shortly emerged, bearing pails of kerosene with which they deluged the slabs on the windward side of the mill. The Blazed Trail Close to the windward edge of some of the latter high ramps of neve with bluff faces on the windward side stood up like monoliths reaching twenty-five feet in maximum height. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 "From the windward side, I hope," said the lieutenant, gently. The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa Bringing more rails, he leaned them to the others on the windward side and nailed a big blanket over them, piecing it out with hemlock thatching, so it made a fairly comfortable shelter. Eben Holden, a tale of the north country The islets first appear either on the angles of the reef, or on the sides of the breaches through it, and are generally most numerous on the windward side. Coral Reefs That it is bracing, I argue from the fact that I find it impossible to open the shutters on the windward side of the house. Urban Sketches The poles were erected first and then the tent was gathered up in the proper form and taken to the windward side of the legs where it was weighted down. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 One is, after it has commenced, to tie the house to a post in the ground on the windward side by a rattan or bamboo cable. The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 The Settlement of Molokai enjoys a far more delightful climate than even Honolulu, being situated on the windward side of the island in the path of the fresh north-east trades. The Cruise of the Snark On the windward side, however, of the Mauritius, two or three small islets have been formed. Coral Reefs During one unusually heavy south-west gale with torrents of rain, many castings were wholly blown to leeward, so that the mouths of the burrows were left naked and exposed on the windward side. The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms, with observations on their habits The flounce on the windward side was got into position and piled up with snow blocks. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The sacred battalion of skeletons, muffled in rags, crowded greedily the windward side, stretching hundreds of numbed, bony hands to the blaze. A Set of Six Two days were required to cover this marvellous stretch, which lies on the windward side of Haleakala. The Cruise of the Snark Her suspicions were lulling as in a smalling circle she neared the tempting feast from the windward side. Animal Heroes Leaving the outfit holding the herd, Splann and I took fresh mounts, and circling around, came in on the windward side of the creek. The Outlet The time was spent in building a high break-wind of ice-blocks, a pit being excavated on the windward side in which Webb took a full set of magnetic observations. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 On the windward side I could approach this place very closely. Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North The windward side of Haleakala is serried by a thousand precipitous gorges, down which rush as many torrents, each torrent of which achieves a score of cascades and waterfalls before it reaches the sea. The Cruise of the Snark It consisted of a large drift-tight box, fitted on the windward side with a long metal cone, tapering to an aperture three-quarters of an inch in diameter. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Near noon a party of six men, driving a number of loose mounts and a pack-horse, were met, who also took the windward side. The Outlet In this form, the pyramid extended to within five feet of the ground on the three windward sides so as to include an outside veranda. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 They remained in the vicinity of the coast for a few days, when a gale sprang up which was hazardously weathered on the windward side of the pack-ice. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 |
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