| 单词 | lee |
| 例句 | “In a broad sense, lee means the sheltered side. A bird, flying over Mrs. Fitzgibbon’s garden, would notice something most of us would miss.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z As a boy Roger had idled away his summers rowing lazily about in Manzanita Bay, a lovely blue cove lying in the lee of the Olympic Mountains. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In the lee of a boulder no larger than a dishwasher, the climbers hunkered in a pathetic row on a patch of gale-scoured ice. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Their first night on the ice field, they built a small, hot fire in the lee of the sledge, and boiled water for their first hot drinks since morning. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Plus Mom and Kay lee and Fiona and some of the track team are there, and I feel like people have really high expectations. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z As they entered the last half mile and came into the lee of the hills at the north end of the lake, the headwind died down. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Ned had made the long Journey west to Bear Island, only to find when he arrived that Jorah had taken ship beyond the reach of lee and the king's Justice. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was better in such conditions to fish Elliot Head, since the head lay far from the shipping lane and well to the lee side of Elliot Island, out of the big water breezes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He knew even at that great distance that he wasn’t seeing Xan’s magic, which was green and soft and tenacious, the color and texture of lichen clinging to the lee of the oaks. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I followed it around to the lee side with my fingers. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Slow lee two went I. My habit on that path was reciting sentences forward and back, for the concentration improved my walking. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tell them,” added the owl, “that I suggest moving the house into the lee of the stone. Remember that—the lee of the stone. Also, do not forget the names: Justin and Nicodemus.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “Having taken the pirate captain prisoner, sailed slap over the schooner, whose decks were piled high with dead and whose lee scuppers ran blood, for the order had been ‘Cutlasses, and die hard!’ Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z They make for the lee of the ramparts, both of them staggering like drunks. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The cows stayed in the barn all the time now, except on sunny mornings when they went out and stood in the barnyard in the lee of the straw pile. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z And pass through it did: in the lee of the island, considerably diminished, waves .270 emerged and went on their way. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Those of us waiting moved out of the lee of the building to watch the ferry chug in. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Plug settled himself in the lee of the house, out of the wind. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Both were to the lee side of the storm. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In a shallow creek in the lee of the southern Armed Cliff the anchor was thrown over, and there they rode the night. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The camp was an enormous promenade of young people milling and walking in the fire lanes and huddling in the lee of barracks. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It was so late, so cold, one was so tired, that it would be much easier to lie down in a sleeping-bag in the lee of the sledge and not bother with the tent. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z We moved on through the line and joined the others squatting in the lee of half-raised walls, dabbing courteously at what was, for almost everyone there, an inedible concoction. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z After a mile, I’m wishing I could just wheel my bike into a shadow in the lee of some house and disappear. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Instead he picked his way across the puddled lane to the lee of the fire escape. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Finally, he drew up in the lee of a large berg and shouted to Worsley to go back and help the other boat. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I lodged in a dreary overpriced inn crouching in the lee of the Towers. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z In the end, worn out, they just cast themselves on the ground under the lee of a boulder lying not far from the foot of the precipice. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He’d brought the boy around on the lee side of him when suddenly the beach before them appeared shuddering out of the blackness and vanished again. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z But if we can move it a few feet—so that it lies buried behind the rock—in the lee—then she and her children can stay in it as long as they need to. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Several foundation stones on the lee side had crumbled away, allowing Fyrian to crouch low and peer inside. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The ship now drifting under the island lee, Telemakhos’ companions took in sail and mast, unshipped the oars and rowed ashore. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Except for the British, the leaders were all moving into the lee of the southern shore, where the water was nearly flat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “No. A storm drove me on a lee shore, and I lost my anchor to windward.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They walked out down the beach and sat in the lee of the dunes and studied the map. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Will lit the little tin lantern he’d taken from his father’s pack, using the dry matches that he’d found with it, and crouched in the lee of the rock to open Lyra’s rucksack. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Vilderling and his partner had set their net and underneath the summer moon had shared in the lee of their bow-picker’s cabin a bottle of Puerto Rican rum. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z There, in the lee where a fallen tree rested against a standing trunk, lay two little black furry forms. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z A sparse lee in the woods jolts you awake,out of the hammered dream of the run;it writhes with the scent of rain, achesunder a blanket of wild garlic, sun. 'Play up! play up!' 2010-07-09T23:05:00Z Still there are no houses or cars, just hills in folds like a rumpled blanket, empty fields – and then a crowd of black cows, way off in the lee of a line of trees. US road trip: slow drive to Sitting Bull country in North and South Dakota 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z We opted to snorkel on the lee side, exploring the coral-encrusted rock ledges near the beach, where small gobys swam through the spines of black urchins. On a Trip to St. Croix, Room for Man and Nature 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z I ran the Canadian side of the border the rest of the way, in the lee of Norway and Hinkley Points where the water was calmer. On a Canoe Trip Along the U.S.-Canada Border, Solitude and Shooting Stars 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Got some fresh ink last night with lee and mike! 'American Idol' news: Siobhan and Shania 2010-04-26T23:16:00Z The surrounding hills are grass beige and winter sagebrush gray-green, with pale white drifts of snow in the lee of ridges. Work Songs of the Cowboy Poets 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z On Emergency, Williams or the one from Musical Vomit sings, "There's a sparrow up a tree singing tra la la la lee". New band of the day ? The Crayonettes (No 856) 2010-08-27T15:13:00Z Deserts are frequently located on the downwind or lee side of mountain ranges, which create a rain shadow after prevailing winds drop their water content on the mountains. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z Winds also lift over and through crenulated ridgelines and careen downhill, accelerating with gravity on the lee sides of mountains, which is the side facing the ocean and densely populated coastal Southern California. Why it's been so warm and windy in Southern California this winter 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z The winds developed as a strong low pressure zone intensified in the lee of Rocky Mountains. How extreme climate conditions fueled unprecedented Colorado fire 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z When the boats crossed for the first time on the first leg, Luna Rossa tacked on Team UK’s lee bow but Britannia edged just ahead. Luna Rossa leads Team UK 5-1 in AmCup challenger final 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z “I’m absolutely convinced that the tragedy was the result of wind and snow deposition, and the fact that they pitched camp in the lee of a ridge,” Wilkinson adds. Has science solved one of history’s greatest adventure mysteries? 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z It’s twilight and you’re hurrying toward a safe anchorage at the lee of one of these islands, where you and the boat captain and his two sons, who constitute his crew, can sleep the night. Opinion | The Virus, the Bats and Us 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z However, there was a stretch of shore, across the lake, that offered a bit of a lee, so our party of anglers snaked our way there along a four-wheel track. In Patagonia, a Duel With an Epic Trout 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z No mayday call was picked up after the Destination left the lee of St. George Island and entered turbulent seas. NO RETURN: The final voyage of the Destination 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z For the first time, Team UK’s race boat Britannia was ahead at the first cross and able to lee bow Luna Rossa. Luna Rossa leads Team UK 5-1 in AmCup challenger final 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z The cloud forms on the lee, or downwind side of the huge volcanic mountain - growing to a peak size and length during the morning hours on this part of the planet. A Martian Tail 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z Under a scorching sun, they slumped in wedges of shadow in the lee of the town hall and the main Catholic church, or under plastic sheeting they carried in their knapsacks. Blistered Feet, Sleepless Nights. The Caravan Presses On. 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z In the lee of the snow-covered Wind River Mountains, it is a New World Eden, an expanse of yellow and green dotted with distant herds of pronghorn and wild horses. The parable of the sage grouse 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z The property they were leaving behind was a wasteland of food wrappers, clothes left soggy by a torrential downpour overnight and the odor of improvised latrines in the lee of trees and bushes. As Migrant Caravan Splinters, Trump Takes Credit and Mexico Scoffs 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z He did find evidence for something called, “a rotor circulation associated with a strong mountain lee wave.” Mysterious wind may have felled more than 100 old-growth trees near Lake Quinault 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Fox 7 was so shokked he just sat with haunch on ground and tung lolling out, along with the wide eyes of being complete lee astonish. ‘Fox 8’ by George Saunders: a fantastical tale from the Man Booker winner 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z When it started to hail outside, he went to check on a group of about 10 people sheltering under tarps and blankets in the lee of the building. As library attracts the homeless, locals want to make it less comfortable 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z In central Montana west to the Continental Divide, most of the windiest locations are in or just to the lee or downwind side of the Rocky Mountain Front or island mountain ranges. Front residents learn to live with the wind 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z Just say unruly and stop before the “lee.” Outmaneuvered, a Never Trumper takes her stand 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Spieth hit his second shot way right into the lee of the grandstand, then missed a putt from 16 feet. Jordan Spieth loses his Masters title at Amen Corner 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z Soon, in my mind, we are all safe lee there. ‘Fox 8’ by George Saunders: a fantastical tale from the Man Booker winner 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z “What is your greatest memory while being president??” asked @nialler4th_lee. In Conservative Louisiana, Obama Finds Little but Love 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z ‘Cloud wakes are most evident in the lee of the two larger icebergs,’ said Kelly Brunt, a glaciologist at Nasa’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Satellite Eye on Earth: November 2015 - in pictures 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z It shows a middle-aged black woman wrapped in a blanket approaching a low-slung row of cardboard boxes stacked in the lee of a high wall under streetlights. See How Jeff Wall Still Matters in Photography 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z In an interview, one of the physicians who treated Kenzlee Mae offered his insights into what happened and what remains unknown. Baby revived on side of Md. interstate after seizure is home and doing well 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z How cud the same type of Animal who made that luv lee Mawl make Fox 7 look the way he looked that time I saw him? ‘Fox 8’ by George Saunders: a fantastical tale from the Man Booker winner 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z The Phoenix’s deep hull acted as a barrier, calming the waves on the lee side, where the girls were pulled aboard. The millionaire who rescues migrants at sea | Giles Tremlett 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z The drama of the past month was felt most acutely here in this village in the lee of the Clinton Correctional Facility and its towering walls. Manhunt Over and Patrols Gone, Calm and Quiet Return to Dannemora 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z Amy Jackson, 35, of Los Angeles, a corporate securities paralegal, expressed joy at the storm as she had a cigarette in the lee of a downtown skyscraper. Californians celebrate rain, snow from rare spring storm 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z Left unattended, snow cornices can weigh tons and cause severe roof damage, particularly on the lee, or downwind, side where the windblown stuff accumulates, Fuller said. Man spends lonely winters as keeper of Yellowstone village 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z I snapped out from that day-dreem to find the New Foxes regarding me with kind lee smiles. ‘Fox 8’ by George Saunders: a fantastical tale from the Man Booker winner 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z Greek sponge divers stumbled across the wreck of the Roman galley in 1900, after being blown off course and taking shelter in the lee of the tiny island north of Crete. Tacoma professor tackles mystery of ancient, astronomical device 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Or if the weather is too forbidding for that, I can find the lee of an island, drop anchor, and go below to get some warm clothes, books, and food. In and Out of Time in Iraq 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z “People were going to be sad again,” Mr. Bradlee wrote in his memoir, a reference to the second family he would break up in two decades, this time to be with Quinn. Ben Bradlee, legendary Washington Post editor, dies at 93 “This is the time of roller skates and stilts and tricycles, and games in the lee of the stoop with bottletops and plastic cowboys,” she wrote in 1961. How air conditioning remade modern America 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z But just lay awake, looking sad lee around at all my sleeping Foxes. ‘Fox 8’ by George Saunders: a fantastical tale from the Man Booker winner 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z “I don’t think any of us are bullies, so I’m not quite sure how it went off the rails like that, or at least where those perceptions came from,” Peaslee said at the meeting. Is friction driving out Seattle school superintendents? 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z Galacticor thank you for your observation, you are quite right about standards. i stand corrected. sam lee should have been red carded for head butt, headless chickens in red "head butting" incredible ! South Africa 31-30 Wales 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Bradlee knew reporters shouldn’t become close friends with politicians. Ben Bradlee, legendary Washington Post editor, dies at 93 In the lee of Argentina's cliffs, the 36-metre schooner and her crew have sought haven against the impending weather that has earned these latitudes the nickname the Furious Fifties. Systems ecology: Biology on the high seas 2013-09-04T17:20:24.237Z Plus not only are our Fish ded, but all the things we luv to eat, such as Bugs, such as fat slow Mise, are total lee gone! ‘Fox 8’ by George Saunders: a fantastical tale from the Man Booker winner 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z If you need air, open one on the lee side.” The best of us 2013-07-31T17:20:57.693Z Behind her is her husband, not so boldly huddled in her lee. | Westchester: A Review of ‘Maine Sublime,’ a Frederic Church Exhibition, at Olana in Hudson 2013-07-19T23:51:42Z This business transaction changed Mr. Bradlee’s life. Ben Bradlee, legendary Washington Post editor, dies at 93 Some well sites were tucked in the lee of ravines or perched on bluffs or strung out along the line of a county road, one per mile, like square coasters on a bar. North Dakota Went Boom 2013-01-31T12:00:12Z The plight of both species was raised in the meeting's political discussions too, with delegates prepared to do more than shelter in the lee of diplomatic alliances. Whaling moves beyond the harpoon 2012-07-07T15:29:03Z "With our crewman on board we managed to tow the yacht to calmer waters in the lee of the Isle of May and get the two sailors off into the warmth of the lifeboat." Stranded yacht's sailors rescued 2012-06-24T04:32:13Z Much of the excerpt in New York magazine is about Himmelman’s relationships with the mentor figures of Woodward and Bradlee. New book on Bradlee: Editor harbored doubts about details of ?All the President?s Men? 2012-04-30T03:19:00Z Armed with Williams’s judgment, Mr. Bradlee called Mrs. Graham, who was hosting a retirement party for a Post business manager. Ben Bradlee, legendary Washington Post editor, dies at 93 Once when accompanying me to the coast to visit one of my children, there was a heavy sea on, and the steamer, on approaching the pier, rolled alarmingly, and was close on a lee shore. The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. 2012-04-25T02:01:14.613Z To the left of the road and under the lee of the trees were half a dozen wooden huts, unmistakably of a type known as temporary military quarters. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z Although the sea was now running high, and the waves were breaking over the latter's almost submerged quarter-deck, it was comparatively calm under her lee. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z A strong southerly wind suddenly sprang up, and, though protected by the outer reef, we were on a lee shore. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z She, however, passed on, and anchored with her consort under the lee of an island, and about six miles off. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z At all events, in a brief time he gained the shelter he was seeking, and at once, keeping well within the lee of the barn, peered anxiously at the place from which he had fled. The Young Sharpshooter at Antietam 2012-04-19T02:00:29.860Z As he communicated his determination to his mate, and ordered him to put the ship before the wind— 'It's a harsh night to venture on a lee shore, sir; but your command shall be obeyed.' I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success 2012-04-18T02:00:11.437Z Porting helm, the Calder ran past the lee of the crippled destroyer, the smoke from which undoubtedly saved Crosthwaite's command from severe punishment. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Under these rude mantlets they made preparations for storming the foretop, some making for the weather shrouds, others for the lee. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z That haunting picture of crumbling desolation, A Forsaken Garden, lies "at the sea-down's edge between windward and lee." Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Then there are the people: spike and lee are fine Scrabble words. City Room: Celebrating National Scrabble Day, New York Style 2012-04-13T18:05:21Z Take the general lee for some donuts in the Masters parking lot!!! Bubba Watson: The Masters champion, the General Lee and the Golf Boys (video) 2012-04-09T14:15:00Z "What do you make of her?" enquired Sefton's chum as the two young officers stood under the lee of a partly demolished gun-turret. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z There, under the "lee" of a bush, or tuft of flax, gazing silently, and with "lack-lustre eye," on the busy doings of the Maori world, of which he was hardly to be called a member. Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 2012-04-05T02:00:37.337Z Columbine gathered speed and listed down, throwing spray about while the water foamed below her lee rail. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z Shortly after 0.15 a.m. on the 7th inst., being in my cabin, which was on the starboard or lee side of the ship, I was disturbed in my sleep by the noise of some marines. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The mast, it is stated, fell aft along the lee or larboard side of the quarter deck, and struck overboard some of the unfortunate creatures who had there collected. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Two or three had already slipped moorings, and were gliding down the main channel under the lee of the wooded Brownsea Island. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z In the second week of November, during a very heavy gale, the vessel dragged her anchors, but at last brought up safely in the lee of a large iceberg aground in the bay. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Wyndham signed to the fisher lad at the mainsheet, blocks rattled, and Red Rose, swerving, listed over until her lee deck was in the foam. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z The sailor threw his eyes rapidly over the waste of howling waters, and instantly waved his hat, exclaiming, in a voice hoarse with emotion, “A sail on the lee bow!” The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z He soon proceeded to the spot, and, finding there were a large number of persons on board her, anchored his vessel under her lee, at about sixty fathoms’ distance, and sent his boats to her. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Crouching under the lee of the canvas screen that had been rigged up to replace the demolished storm-dodgers, Sefton carefully struck a match. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z The suppression o' the truth's bad as a lee. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z Foam piled up at her lee bow, lapped the gunwale at her waist, and boiled round her stern. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z The commander’s orders were not to fire a single gun till they were close to the frigate, and he ran the Speedy under her lee, so that her yards were locked among the latter’s rigging. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z They had been clinging together and to the boat, crouching down under the lee of the foresail, utterly despairing of life; now their joy knew no bounds. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z Accordingly the Calder slipped quietly away, keeping under the lee of the Haisborough Sands to avoid being spotted by the enemy vessels. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z At any rate she thought that it would be prudish to demur, and she took one of the seats in the lee of the screen. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z The spinnaker went into the sea, the topsail thrashed half-way up the mast, and Red Rose listed until the water was deep on her lee deck. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z She was careened down to the breeze, so that her lower studd'n'sail-boom every moment dashed a cloud of spray from the romping billows, and her lee rail was at times under water. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z The canoe had been moored under the lee of this. The Fire-Gods A Tale of the Congo 2012-03-26T02:00:32.267Z The helm of a ship is alee when pressed close to the lee side. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z To place under the lee, or unfavorably to the wind. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z She felt her rudder and began to swing, lifting her lee rail out of the water. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z Thereupon the Enterprise poured in so destructive a fire that her opponent this time unequivocally hauled down her colours, and Lieutenant Sterrett ordered her under his lee quarter. Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. 2012-03-23T02:00:32.397Z Though the air was still cold, the sunshine was bright, and under the lee of the little cliff it was very comfortable; but poor Katy had hard work to keep her fingers from almost freezing. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z Hard ~, or Luff ~, an order to put the helm to the lee side. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z I noticed that Damphool had found a dry place on the lee side of a cider barrel. Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z Then he saw foam boil behind the lee rail and straining curves of canvas that kept their hollowness when the yacht rolled to windward. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z He was curling down to sleep on the lee side of a bunch of bushes. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Now," Aleck answered, in a tone of command, "get the boat up there under the lee of that hummock. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z The older seamen usually collect on the forecastle; sometimes in the lee gangway in rough weather. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z These species are frequently found near to shore or in calm waters: spinner dolphins “rest” in near-shore bays, and humpback whales spend the winter in Maui’s calm western lee. Towing my weight: Partnering with commercial shipping for whale and dolphin research 2012-03-08T20:15:04.757Z The tornado broke upon her side and she went over until her lee rail was in the sea. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z It was open on the lee side, the thatching, such as it was, covering two thirds of the circumference to windward. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z It led to a snug shakedown, under the lee of a slope roofed over with dry branches and grass. Ralph of the Roundhouse 2012-03-02T03:00:11.217Z A ragged mass of fallen timber on the lee side proclaimed that some portion of her had been carried away during the storm of the night,—and she had little left to spare. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z He appeared to be considering the point as they edged back under the lee of the deck-house, and the mate grinned. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z They came round under the lee of a great berg, making the enemy of a moment ago their protector now. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z If approached carefully on the lee side one may get very close, however, and then the action of the sentinels is something that makes the gauchos laugh. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z She bad passed the night in the lee of one of the wooded knolls that studded the ridge, and her fire had been kindled there. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z We'll anchor the Centaur close under the lee of the rock off the west side there. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z Under the lee of high land is not the best anchorage in these regions. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Of course, in the latter case the rain will fall heavier on the wind side than on the lee side. Meteorology or Weather Explained 2012-02-20T03:00:18.847Z With two or three of these the gaucho can pass the night comfortably in the lee of a bit of brush even when a blizzard is raging. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Then he put all the men on to the lee braces, and so got the vessel to lie a point nearer the wind. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z The sailor instantly followed her, and in a moment they disappeared under the lee of the ship. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z We anchored under the lee of Barcacura Heights, in a good berth, and moored ship. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z When I visited Trinidad with the 'Falcon' I discovered one especially safe landing-place on the lee side of the island, where a natural pier of coral projects into the sea beyond the breakers. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z At the top of the hill, under the lee of a group of ancient pines, much tossed and wind-beaten, is a summer-house. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z A little stove made it almost intolerably hot, and the swirl of brine beneath the lee quarter filled it with a sound that was like the rattle of sliding gravel. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z The instant they got out from the lee of the Point the full force of the storm struck them, although they were still within the shelter of the harbor. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z The lee side of these heights is a great deal worse than the west side of Gibraltar Rock while the strongest Levanter is blowing. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Still, it was quite smooth at our anchorage under the lee of the island, and we noticed that seawards the sky looked fine enough, and the clouds were travelling at no great pace. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z That was when the Blue Wing struggled six days in a hurricane with Hatteras under her lee. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z It will probably be some hours before they start again, and the shore's not very far away to lee. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z Presently—and it seemed hours to both—he got the boat out of the whirlpool and into the comparatively smooth water under the lee of the Point. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z I then stood over to the north shore, to look for anchorage under the lee of a cape, about three leagues to the north-west of Cape Tamar. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z We observed that the wind was blowing rather freshly from an unusual quarter—north-west—making this a lee shore to our vessel, but there were no signs of bad weather in the sky. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z The man in the yachting cap was smoking a pipe in the lee of the after hatch. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z The beach was rapidly growing plainer, but the head beyond which there was shelter was still apparently a long way off, and it was not an inviting prospect that unrolled itself to lee. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z The Centaur was anchored close under the lee of the cliff, and with incredible labor five of her big guns—three long twenty-four-pounders and two eighteen-pounders—were landed on the rock. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z I was lightly clothed, and should have fared badly, had not one of the party lent me his Flushing jacket, while he descended under the lee of the mountain-top to make a fire. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z To remain hove to off this lee side of the island is a very easy matter. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z An old man with a gray beard sat on a ditty box at the lee rail, sewing a pair of breeches. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z Well, you want another knot or two out of her until you have the big bight to lee of you? Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z For as the water splashed and seethed under the lee of the boat, and Tresco drew nearer, I had to consider what I should do in the light of my new knowledge. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z I gave the Tarifa a start and followed, keeping well away on her lee with her red light just in view. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z Beneath, the Atlantic lay a sheet of glimmering turquoise in the lee of the island, and outside of that there was a blinding blaze of sunlight on the white-topped sea. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z The lee shore was on the other side. The Corner House Girls on a Houseboat How they sailed away, what happened on the voyage, and what was discovered 2012-01-20T03:00:16.183Z It was as usual greasy and Robertson's grip not particularly sure, while the Adelaide rolled wickedly to lee just then. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z Ermatinger and company were detained fourteen days under the lee of a big rock just opposite Cape Horn, waiting for the east wind to subside and allow them to pass up the river. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z We therefore deemed it advisable to run into a little harbor to the lee of a wooded spit, and hold council. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z As we rounded from under the lee of the Point and passing it, changed our course for Port Colborne, a nasty sea come down from the northwest with an increasing breeze. A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River 2012-01-11T03:00:29.487Z "On the lee bow, sir," trumpeted the captain. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z She wouldn't be there with those reefs to lee of her if her engines hadn't broken down. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z A few more strokes, and the three men fighting the current would be safe in the lee of the steep bank—but the little geysers were multiplying. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z Before them, the little flock of wooden decoys, moored in the lee of the point, nodded and dipped gaily to the rising breeze. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z At length, as we got more under the lee of the land, the waves subsided, the pace increased, and at last we were safe between the piers at Port Colborne. A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River 2012-01-11T03:00:29.487Z The tall spar was shattered and went over the lee rail with all its top hamper, carrying with it several of the pirate crew who were aloft. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z "When there was a reef or a shoal close to lee?" Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z Only with the utmost difficulty was it possible to make way through the surf, and get under the lee of a reef, whence it was requisite to make a spring to get ashore. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z But he has left his merry men all, Left them on the lee; And he's awa to the wedding house,35 To see what he could see. English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV 2011-12-28T03:00:36.217Z Powhatan, which proceeded to stand guard over the harbour, keeping well off shore on account of the reefs and shoals that were under her lee. A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River 2012-01-11T03:00:29.487Z We took no camp equipage, and had to shelter ourselves for the night under the lee of a clump of bushes. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z The ships were then fully exposed to the fearful storm on a lee shore; the thermometer was below freezing, and all chance of reducing Wei-hai-Wei more distant than ever! In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z Miss Jennings was sitting by herself under the lee of the boiler casing, perusing a novel. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z ‘I never saw one come on quicker!’ gasped Alfred, as he jumped off and tethered his quivering horse in the lee of the hut. A Bride from the Bush 2011-12-24T03:08:05.053Z Fortunately, about midnight, they came upon Pocoke Island, and anchored under its lee amid thunder and lightning, and rain, and the angry roar of the surf on every side. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z Old Parosilver lay down under the lee of a clump of bushes, while I was busy in active exercise to keep warm, and replenishing the fire with dry bushes. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z However, on this occasion we did not complain, for the rain, and, I fancied, even hail, came down with fearful force, and ran out of the lee scuppers, though with difficulty it escaped. In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z Though the men stood to lee of the woods, the hail found them out, bruising their faces and cutting their wet hands; even their bodies afterward felt as if they had been beaten. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z The shot was returned, and the privateer hoisting the bloody flag grappled the Portland and boarded her on the lee quarter. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z She was in the lee of the ice and partly sheltered, otherwise they never would have regained the Arrandoon. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z The development of these mountains produced greater aridity to the lee of the mountains, thus accounting for the grassland-savannah flora. Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys 2011-12-15T03:00:11.933Z Carroll made no comment, and they drove on, until as they swept round the point the sloop, slanting sharply, dipped her lee rail in the froth. The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z Twigs hurtled about their ears; the woods was filled with a roar like the sea; the smoke was blinding to lee of the fire, and its heat could hardly reach them a yard to windward. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z There was a heap of stale fodder, one or two earthenware pots were lying about, and the remains of a fire still smouldered under the lee of a walnut tree. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z No wonder Oscar laughed; but when Spunkie joined the group, the Saint Bernard could not contain himself, and he must needs roll the terrier into the lee scuppers. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z Her only hope at last was that he might have made some other port or taken shelter under the lee of the island. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z The shower-bath of blown spray and the dipping under of the lee rail were rather the least of my troubles. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z He was lying on a rough couch under the lee of a cannonade, being too weak to stand. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z No wonder the native hunter is careful to keep always under the lee of the breeze. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Next morning land was in sight on the lee bow, and by noon they had cast anchor and clewed sails in a small bay near a creek. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z The sun was setting when we reached our camping ground, which was under the lee of a terrace of rocks and close to a pretty little lake. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z He wanted a bit of persuading to face Klondyke in "a little friendly scrapping practice" in the lee of the chart house when no one was by. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z She had put up her helm and was bearing down on our lee quarter, doubtless to board in the manner that Captain Jeremy had predicted. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z Then get under the lee of the boat, and bring her round, sheltering yourselves under the cover of her side. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z Once round here the danger was over, and they were no longer on a lee shore. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z We were barely one day’s journey from the port of Santa Cruz, and were bivouacked in a green cañon under the lee of the west barranca. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z XVI Sailor didn't sleep that night in his bunk in the half-deck but lay in the lee of the chart-house looking up at the stars. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z On our starboard hand a wide expanse of milk-white foam betokened the presence of the dreaded Race of Portland, the bluff headland that gives it its name being plainly visible over our lee bow. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z The sight of a female figure sitting under the lee of the waggon in a squat chair, and her immense Dutch kapje, or sun-bonnet, at once settled that conviction. From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z Hissing foam creamed about the lee chains; vicious rain-squalls drove across the flooded decks; the cold was penetrating. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z Meanwhile the Indians had made a splendid fire in the lee of a rock, with roots and bushes pulled from the adjoining bank. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z It is in the lee of a high point in the quartzite ridge. The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin 2011-11-29T03:00:17.347Z Still the Neptune came on, moving with increasing pace as she drew farther from the lee of the land. The Quest of the 'Golden Hope' A Seventeenth Century Story of Adventure 2011-12-06T03:00:23.443Z Earlier in the evening I lay outside in the lee of the building watching you, and I felt that I might risk trusting you, so I waited for an opportunity. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z Hickey led the dripping horses to and fro in the lee of the fort, and I was deputed to listen at a rabbit hole from which the calf was said to have emerged. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z “And look, another on the lee bow—if we have a lee bow to-night—another on the quarter, and is that one far away yonder like a star?” Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z "Shove your helm down—that's to lee—not too hard!" he ordered, and as Frank obeyed him there was a sharp banging of sail cloth and the boat, swinging around, swayed upright. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z Again we found ourselves in shelter, and a greater darkness in the darkness told that we were in the lee of a wooded hill. In Mr. Knox's Country 2011-11-21T03:00:16.010Z Nothing but the footprints made by Ormesby; and I can only presume that, there being no lee on that side, the wind would fill the horse-thief's track with snow. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z She went weltering through the passage with the big rollers roaring at her stern, and crept up under lee of the southern ridge. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z Wulfrey had to open one of the lee ports and let the gale blow through to get rid of the smell of it, and then he went up again to The Girl. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z By and by the white line to lee suddenly vanished and they stretched out into the dark water, with a high, black mass not far ahead. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z Chorus.–Oh! dance in airy circles, Like fairies on the lee; For little lads and lasses As light of foot should be. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z Also the snowy froth which lapped higher up the lee deck was perilously near the coaming protecting the open well. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z "Under the lee of the ledge there," shouted Cathie, and pounded on the door of the men's house for his crew. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z I ducked, and scrambled under the lee side of a friendly rock, while the stone went by with a loud buzz. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z After that the canoe put her lee side in every now and then, but very soon a foam-fringed point stretched out ahead. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z The next roll of the vessel carried him into the lee scuppers, where for some time he washed idly to and fro. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z Large and beautiful columbines are found in the lee of protecting masses of snow banks and glaciers. Rocky Mountain [Colorado] National Park 2011-11-05T02:00:11.333Z Fortunately, Mr. Transit, who was planking the deck on the lee side, approached near enough to enable Somers to avoid answering the question, and he thus escaped the necessity of telling a falsehood. Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck 2011-11-04T02:00:18.377Z On the lee side the davits were twisted and bent, and the boats had disappeared. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z Frank let the lee sheet run, groping deep in the water for it as Mr. Oliver put down the helm, and with a frantic thrashing of canvas the sloop came up into the wind. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z The cruel ice came floating on, And closed beneath the lee, Till the thickening waters dashed no more; 'Twas ice around, behind, before— My God! there is no sea! The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z These waters in particular, provide some level of lee to the prevailing southerlies. Tony Floor's Tackle Box looks at winter fishing opportunities 2011-11-02T17:09:06Z Fifteen minutes later, the Ben Lomond came to anchor under the lee of Sand Island, to wait for a favorable time to continue her voyage. Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck 2011-11-04T02:00:18.377Z The wind, though of the gentlest, was fair; and as we crawled from under the lee of the island, in a short time it became a fine sailing breeze. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z As they did so Harry shouted that there were boulders, the end of the point, he fancied, close to lee. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z Huge cliffs and peaks, ending in a sharp point, some converging towards one another, some standing upright against the whitish cold sky, were reflected in the smooth water under the lee of the island. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z The two greater American ice sheets, however, and the glaciers elsewhere in the lee of high mountain ranges, probably disappeared chiefly because of lessened precipitation. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z The sentinel who paced before its front porch knew from experience when to linger under its lee, and adjust his threadbare outer coat to the bitter North wind. Authors and Writers Associated with Morristown With a Chapter on Historic Morristown 2011-10-25T02:00:25.713Z If I see aright, we have our man there in the lee of the boats.' The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:24.180Z The sloop had dipped her lee rail just level with the water now, and she rushed along, bounding with a lurch and splash over the small froth-tipped seas. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z Abashiri is the only place on the north-east coast which may eventually be of some importance, as it has a fair anchorage for small craft under the lee of the islet and outstretching cliff. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z The famous loess deposits of China in the lee of the Desert of Gobi are examples. Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes 2011-10-28T02:00:24.840Z For a few seconds, while she lay broadside on, the boat heeled to such an extent, under the wind-pressure upon her high sides, that the water was actually pouring in over the lee gunwale. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z The girl pointed to a sheltered spot in the lee of a spruce thicket, and while Brent scraped back the snow, she produced food from her pack. Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z But he made a last effort, and panting, straining, taxing every muscle to the utmost, he drove the canoe ahead, and eventually managed to grasp the sloop's lee rail. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z I may heedless look on the silvery sea, I may tentless muse on the flowery lee, But my heart wi’ a nameless rapture thrills When I gaze on the cliffs o’ my ain heather hills. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z The dogs, after repeated ineffectual attempts to lie upon the deck, quietly coiled themselves up upon such parts of the lee gunwale as remained above water and went to sleep. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z She was neither on a lee nor a weather shore, but rather on the dividing line of each. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Staggering along the slippery, heaving deck, they reached the lee side of the deck-house, where, gripping the stout iron stanchion-rail, they awaited the next flash of lightning. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z Lying well over to it she gathered speed, and close to lee of her Frank saw a low, rocky head, down the face of which straggled stunted pines and underbrush. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z I am afraid he will find a change; but I hope to have a nook open to him by and by—as a sort of retreat or harbor on his lee. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 2011-10-07T02:00:22.270Z They lie upon the snow under the lee of the ship, with no other protection from the weather. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z It was only by propping his legs against the lee bulkhead that Mostyn could keep seated. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Slowly the boat dipped, till at length she rode, sheltered under the lee of her stranded parent, upon the bosom of the ocean. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z His companion, who knelt aft gripping a long-bladed paddle, seized the sheet, and the craft, gathering speed, headed out toward the point to lee of them. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z By this time a dozen search-lights were concentrated on the coal-hulk, with the result that the submarine lying on the lee side was in even greater darkness. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z As Young was seated under the lee of a hummock, watching for seals to pop up to breathe, the strong ice under him suddenly cracked and separated! In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z From the lee side of the boat-deck a row of empty davits overhung the black water, the lower blocks of the disengaged falls flogging the ship's side like a series of blows with a sledge-hammer. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Cowering under the lee of the funnel casing were about twelve of the crew, including the bo'sun and quartermaster. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z Stand by your lee jibsheet and tail on to the mainsheet the moment you let it run. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z Under its lee could be seen the misty outlines of the Queen Elisabeth, Agamemnon, Irresistible, and the French battleship Gaulois, ready to open a long-range bombardment of the Turkish batteries. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z And with bayonets down and wild hurrahs the battalion drove straight into the redoubt, trampling the dead, and driving the living through the two embrasures as a green sea is emptied through lee scuppers. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z At last, and early one morning, just as the sun was beginning to pencil the feathery clouds with gold and green and crimson, land was discovered on the lee bow. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z Then, borne on the breast of the roller, the little craft was tossed like a cork right over the rocks, her keel scraping the lee side of the reef by barely a yard! The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z They got the sail up somehow, though by the time they had finished the sloop's lee rail was in the sea, and then flung themselves upon the mainsail. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z As a sailor he had a wholesome respect for a lee shore. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z After a while Grahame called Miguel to the helm and stood in the lee of the deckhouse, pipe in mouth, for he had now time to think. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z The hammocks containing these hang on the lee side, and the crew keep far away indeed. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z Presently they ran into the lee of the island, where the water was smoother. The Outdoor Chums on the Lake Lively Adventures on Wildcat Island 2011-09-22T02:00:23.407Z While he watched, holding his breath, the bows swung around a little farther, and working in frantic haste they let the sheet fly and made fast the opposite one, which was now to lee. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z We would then stand a chance of picking them up, as it would be practicable to run a boat ashore under the lee of the reef. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z Hove down by the pressure of the wind on deckhouse and awning, she had buried her lee bulwarks and lifted her weather side. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z So, when the doctor come out of the house, I hailed him, and asked him if he'd do a kindness to a shipwrecked mariner stranded on a lee shore. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z It looks like it would be quiet enough, and if a big wind does come up, I can paddle the string over to the shore and get under the lee,” he said. The Outdoor Chums on the Lake Lively Adventures on Wildcat Island 2011-09-22T02:00:23.407Z Besides that, we'd have a strip of rocky coast to lee of us presently, and we mightn't be able to keep her off it with only the foresail set. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z Boarding on the lee side, the Sub in charge of the Tremendous's whaler succeeded in getting the whole of the mine-sweeper's crew into his boat, and, dangerously overladen, the whaler began her bid for safety. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z Then she listed down with her rail in the white surges that boiled up to lee, while tall, hollow-fronted combers ranged up astern and sped after her. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z My Sir James is not the leal friend of Robert Bruce nor is he the Douglas who fell at Otterburn and was buried 'by the bracken bush that grows on yonder lilye lee.' The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z In battle storm ye seek no lee, With skulking head and bending knee, Behind the hollow shield. A Maid at King Alfred?s Court 2011-09-13T02:00:30.520Z The well ne'er heeded the prying eye, Brighter it beamed upon the tree; And glance for glance, as in years gone by, Back it shadowed in love and lee. Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride 2011-09-12T02:00:28.290Z Ordering a rocket to be fired, he led his little flotilla from under the lee of the reef and awaited a recognition of his signal. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z The raft seems to come through the seas rather than over them, but busy hands are baling, and, by the time this strange construction arrives on the lee bow, the canoes are free of water. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z She was, at intervals, lost to view behind the thickening haze, and as often re-appeared as she bent under the fresh north-east breeze and bounded rapidly with the waves towards the lee shore. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z They were huddled together, buried together, one might say, in one long cluster, dying, smothering each other, and drowning in the lee scuppers, for the sea was breaking clean over the wrecked and dismasted dhow. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z "I don't relish the idea of living under the lee of such very fine people," she said next moment, as quietly as before. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z After three-quarters of an hour's smart marching the men arrived at the rendezvous on the under the lee of Bender Dagh Point. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z It is, therefore, in origin cognate with “jelly,” which came through the Fr. g�lee from the same Latin original. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z The courses were brailed up, the topsails closely reefed, and she was brought to the wind, so that they might pull up under her lee. Jack Buntline 2011-08-31T02:01:34.270Z Two men were knocked down dangerously wounded, and washed into the lee scuppers, where they would have been drowned, but for the almost superhuman exertions of the surgeon and steward. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z The wind is on her, the brave ship leans over to it, till the water rushes in through the lee scuppers. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z “To the lee of a rock, you know.” In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z We crawled under the lee of an island, and lay for four days repairing her. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z As the hail-stones, flying before the wind, were hurtling along almost horizontally, huddling under the lee bow of the skiff protected just about all of me but my feet. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z Then, having done all he well could under the circumstances, Harry cast himself down in the lee of the weather bulwarks and tried to sleep. The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune 2011-08-27T02:00:19.473Z The great black rocks are close above her lee bow. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z Under the lee of the wall itself absolute stillness brooded over ledges which even a moderate breeze could have made dangerous. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z Quick," called the Captain, "the Nargalnannacus is on the lee scuppers just off the jibboom brace. The Zankiwank and The Bletherwitch An Original Fantastic Fairy Extravaganza 2011-08-19T02:00:16.653Z On page 160, "hard a lee" was replaced with "hard a-lee". Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z They were afraid to get under her lee in case they should fall. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z Dogs and men huddled together in the lee of an iceberg; it was found at times almost impossible to breathe. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z Big Jack stood on the shore, and beckoned them to come in: they could easily have landed Frances under the lee of the hill, but she said she should go all the way now. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z You have fresh clothes, and perfumed, the odor of which, though pleasant, I shall try in the first battle to keep on the lee side of me. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Dan went down and Nelson made himself comfortable in the lee of the cabin. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z Men,’ says I, ‘is all hangin’ on off a lee shore in a big gale from the open; an’ they isn’t no mercy in that wind. Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z We pitched camp on a floeberg of unusual height; about us were many big hummocks, and to the lee of these banks of hardened snow. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The lee is the side away from the wind. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The officers and crew of the Vigilancia were observed to cast admiring eyes upon this handsome schooner, anchored under our lee. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Back in the harbor Bob steered the launch up to a landing in the lee of a shed bearing the sign “GASOLINE” and made her fast. Four Afloat Being the Adventures of the Big Four on the Water 2011-08-11T02:00:15.547Z Tom 152 Lull was glad that he had waited in the lee of the Rock o’ Wishes; he had felt the need of conversation, and was now gratified; so, too, Jonathan Stock. Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z We could not face the wind and sea, so we took a slant and sought the lee of the pans coming from the land. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z She inclined to the right, and to have found her actual course he ought to have looked not over the stem but over the lee bow. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z St. Pierre is situated on the lee side of the island, something less than two thousand miles, by the course we have steered, from New York, and three hundred miles from St. Thomas. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z When the wind blew hard they sometimes lined the lee shore to which they had drifted. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z But Jamie still sat oblivious in the lee of the rock. Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z Our igloo was built near one edge in the lee of an old hummock about fifteen feet high. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Almost directly they had passed the cliff they were in the lee of the island which kept off the wind. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Upon rare occasions you may surprise a grand convention of all the grouse of the region congregated on the sunny lee of a hillside. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z It was about twenty yards from a lee shore, and the bird floated on the water, rising and sinking with the waves till they threw it on the bank. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z A time most foul in feeling and intention, an hour to lie snug in the lee of some great rock. Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z The Eskimos took a few of their favorite dogs and sought shelter to the lee of the tent, where drift covered their blankets with snow. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Mark rowed with a scull out on the lee side, and got her round. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z She was a most miserable sailer, making on a wind almost as much lee as head-way, and in every respect ill adapted for the transport service. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z The schooner heeled over until her lee rail touched the water, and lay so for a moment in a smother of foam. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z Old Tom had hung in the lee of the Rock o’ Wishes until Jonathan Stock came flying over the tickle breaker in a cloud of spray. Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z To the lee of one of these we found suitable snow for a shelter. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The lee gunwale slipped along, but just above the surface of the water, skimming like a swallow. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z He was still in the lee of Wilfred Rhodes, who had blessed his successor in the side with the simple words "He'll do". The greatest spell in cricket history 2011-07-12T11:06:01Z They were tied for the very long evening in the lee of some stack or shed. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z “Come ’round t’ the lee side, you dunderhead! Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z We fastened the dogs to the lee of hummocks. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Still the fine weather persisted, and at last we crawled up under the lee of Terceira in the Azores, where we got becalmed within a couple of miles of Angra. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Meta crept away in the lee of a pile of freight, and sat down to nurse her child. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z Unlucky was the ship that found this island on her lee in a gale of wind. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z All the windows were black; and the paths of the place—a water-side maze in the lee of great hills—were knee-deep in a flood of darkness. Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z Finally, when no longer able to force the dogs through the blinding drift we sought the lee of an unlifted block of ice. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Poor Teddy fled out of the lee door, and up into the main rigging just as Carney burst in. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z She was crouched under the lee of a rock. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z The lee lurches and weather rolls disturb me. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z But it was little enough they cared for this after their recent experiences, and soon the boat was running in under the lee of the débarcadère. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z We slept in caves in storm; in the lee of icebergs in strong winds and on the mossy cushions of earth concavities. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Then he would pause for a moment at the lee rail and disgorge, only to resume his feeding an instant later. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Now, with a bang and a yell, dancing defiance at one another, the boys met in the middle, each with his lady under his lee. Baby Jane's Mission 2011-07-03T02:00:10.693Z She was crouched under the lee of a log, smiling peacefully! A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado 2011-07-03T02:00:07.507Z He had pitched fairly upon a fat German, who, heedless of the risk of sleeping in the open air, had coiled himself up under the lee of the bulwarks. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z Cook traveled in the lee of the groups of islands and over ice floes more stationary than the ice farther to the east, over which Peary traveled. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Not a moment too soon, for the furious roar of the baffled breakers sounded deafeningly, as their fleecy crests boiled and foamed under our lee only half a dozen cables-length away. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z ISTANBUL—Hundreds of Syrian refugees staying in the lee of the Turkish border began to cross over Thursday, after Syrian troops occupied a nearby village and took over a watchtower overlooking the refugees' makeshift camps. Hundreds More Syrians Flee to Turkey 2011-06-23T11:31:15Z These vessels were very heavily masted, and, if the weights were not carefully bestowed, a sudden squall when under full sail, with, perhaps, the lee gun-ports open, might easily be fatal. Privateers and Privateering 2011-06-21T02:00:26.477Z So keen was the wind that Denbigh and his companion were glad to take shelter under the lee of the deck-houses. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z Set an anchor watch, heave the lead, and ’ware the lee shore and breakers ahead! The Motor Girls at Camp Surprise The Cave in the Mountains 2011-06-16T02:00:18.377Z As I went forrard along the lee alley-way, the old man followed me, saying. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z The next morning, at the dawn of day, when Columbus came on deck, he cast a glance around him, and beheld the Ni�a, hove-to under his lee, but no signs of the other caravel. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z Passing under the stern of the Anglesea, she rounded to on her lee quarter, and delivered a heavy fire. Privateers and Privateering 2011-06-21T02:00:26.477Z The pinnace grounded on the lee side of a sandbank, for there was little swell, although on the outlying coral reefs the sea was breaking heavily. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z Soon after that the little steamer ran in under the lee of the battleship. The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z The north and east shores, on the lee side of the island, are guarded from the open bay by nearby land. Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima 2011-06-01T02:00:28.030Z If she's driving on a lee shore it's through bad seamanship and the winds of heaven, and you can't save it anyway. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z This was all very nice; but one fine morning, at daybreak, he found himself close under the lee of a strong English fleet. Privateers and Privateering 2011-06-21T02:00:26.477Z Here, on the lee side of the extensive coral ledge, they were in comparative safety. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z Seeing a cutter off the lee bow steering for the Clyde, I gave chase, in hopes of cutting her off; but finding my endeavors ineffectual, I pursued no further than the Rock of Ailson. Diary of Ezra Green, M.D. from November 1, 1777, to September 27, 1778 2011-05-25T02:00:23.427Z Toward daylight a slight breeze sprang up, and to his alarm Symington found that a stretch of low beach was under his lee, and it behooved him well to work the Rattler farther out. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z By tacking I managed to get right under its lee, and there, sure enough, between two high banks was the entrance to a fairish river. A Crime of the Under-seas 2011-05-17T02:00:16.540Z He at once proceeded to meet her, all his guns pointed to sink her, ran under her lee, yard-arm to yard-arm, and having brought his ship to, poured in his broadside. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z Under paddles the canoe was urged towards the lee side of the island, where a landing was easily effected. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z One memorable night, when two of my dogs froze at my feet, I sat under the lee of my sledge, waiting for a gale of sleet to howl itself to rest. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z There she hung, under the other's lee, while the English commander, sometimes in French and sometimes in English, was cursing Symington for a clumsy Frenchman and threatening to send a shot on board of him. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z This held the draft open to the side away from the wind and was moved according to the changes of the wind so as always to be open to the lee side. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z The Balsam was heeled far over and the lee rail was awash. The Go Ahead Boys in the Island Camp 2011-04-27T02:00:26.377Z With little difficulty Stirling took up his position under the lee of a ventilator. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z Or frozen and embalmed under the lee of towering blue hummocks, in the grim shadow of looming iron-bound shores? A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Yonder British frigate must return under our lee. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z We could see p. 36half-a-dozen fishing boats under the lee of the point above the station. The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk 2011-04-27T02:00:21.617Z On his lee, now drawing wind and sailing quickly into safety, were the ships of Lord Thomas Howard. The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z The whole ship was like a lump of ice, and the fore-rigging ready to go by the board, with the lee shrouds and backstays torn away. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z They lowered the wreck in awful silence, and Harvey spent his leisure hours for the next few days under Torn Platt's lee, learning to use a needle and palm. Captains Courageous 2011-04-22T02:00:10.677Z "There they are.—Sails off the lee bow, two points away!" shouted a lookout from the forecastle. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z In running before the wind, the side the leading vessel carries her main boom is to be considered the lee side. p. The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk 2011-04-27T02:00:21.617Z There was a slight lull in the storm in the afternoon, and the commander of the Santa Maria thought he might succeed in gaining some shelter under the lee of the island of Graciosa. The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z Bernard Appleby stood a little apart from one group of them under the lee of a deck-house. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z As they drew closer into the lee of the headland, the wind was less violent, the waves though high lost their caps of white spume. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z Keep under our lee and return to the harbor, or we'll sink you instantly; play no tricks, if you value your safety. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z Many times we had the water over the coamings of the well, and the lee plankways were always awash. The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk 2011-04-27T02:00:21.617Z Howbeit, I doubt not I shall find goodly shelter under the lee of some friendly haystack. The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z Big drops chased one another along the slanted beams and fell with a splash into the lee bilge. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z "Cast the lee guns overboard, and she may right, captain," said Mark, shaking the salt spray from his locks. Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-04-11T02:00:12.290Z Ah, how Halifax rejoiced when the Shannon sailed in there with a Yankee frigate under her lee. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z “Yes, as long as you pick deepish water, and get under a lee.” The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk 2011-04-27T02:00:21.617Z He did not see her until she came into his lee, then he smiled, extending his hand. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z The sea was comparatively smooth in the lee of the land, and ran in a long swell that broke into a curl of foam here and there. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z The twilight deepened as they rounded Niarbyl Point and left the Calf Islet on their lee, with Cronte-nay-Ivey-Lhaa towering into the gloomy sky. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z English seamen they seemed to be, and perhaps from the brig that some time before I had noted where she lay anchored to the lee of the Carrick Rock, in the Poolvash below. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z There was a pretty high ledge of hills to the north of the place where he landed, and which, running west, made the little cape, under the lee of which our ship rode at anchor. A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before 2011-04-07T02:00:17.607Z I have been sick since you have been gone; Fa la, fa la la lee! Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z Jimmy moved his wheel another spoke, and sail and heavy spar swung over, while the Cetacea, coming round, buried her lee deck in the sea. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z The large islands have a considerable extent of undulating country, dry and open on their lee sides. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z The twilight deepened as the fleet rounded Niarbyl Point, and left the islet on their lee, with Cronk-ny-Irey-Lhaa towering into the gloomy sky. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z Here, the land tending to the west, we ran in under the lee of a steep shore, and came to an anchor in twenty-five fathoms water, being the same country we were in before. A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before 2011-04-07T02:00:17.607Z I have a request to make unto thee; Fa la, fa la la lee! Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z Reeling before them, with lee deck in the water as she bore away, she opened up the sound, and presently her crew watched the rollers crumble on a boulder-sprinkled point. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z The lee sides of the larger islands, however, have grassy plains suitable for grazing, with scattered trees, chiefly Pandanus, and ferns. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z The lake hadn't been especially rough when they went out, and it wasn't until they got out of the lee of the island on the return trip that they realised its fury. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z Bob had by this time passed ahead and to leeward, and was now approaching on our lee quarter once more. The Secret of the Sands The "Water Lily" and her Crew 2011-03-10T03:00:43.810Z The old man tried to get up in the tree, Fa la, fa la la lee! Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z As Jimmy luffed her into the lee of the island there was a sudden change. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z Stirling sprang to the lee steps and dropped to the waist of the ship, going along the rail like a muffled bear in search of prey. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z In this way he made enough money to keep himself, sleeping when the nights were bad, in barns and on the lee side of hayricks, the bear chained to him. The Girl at Central 2011-03-08T03:00:37.413Z We did so, accordingly, rounding to under her stern, and ranging up alongside on her lee quarter; having first, however, taken in our gaff-topsail and lowered our topmast, so as not to foul her rigging. The Secret of the Sands The "Water Lily" and her Crew 2011-03-10T03:00:43.810Z The old man once he went far from his home, Fa la, fa la la lee! Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z Neither of them spoke until they heard a rattle of blocks and the rush of water along the lee side showed that the Cetacea had swung round. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z The passage led to the lee of North Somerset Island, and a towering headland of basalt protected the ship from the fury of the south wind. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Not far beyond the toll-gate they met an old man sitting by a fire under the lee of a wall of rock. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z Another minute, and we were hove to on the ship’s lee quarter, as near as we dared approach. The Secret of the Sands The "Water Lily" and her Crew 2011-03-10T03:00:43.810Z The old man he came home at last, Fa la, fa la la lee! Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z When day broke the schooner was sailing fast, close-hauled, with her lee channels in the water and the white seas breaking over her weather bow. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z Get under the lee of the deck house and then the foresail. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Still sluggish, digestion not yet complete, the snake had crawled to the lee of a boulder for the greater protection it offered against the night's chill. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z Here as elsewhere there is a striking difference both in the amount of rainfall and the temperature on the weather and lee Precipitation. sides of mountains and even low hills. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z The following versions of the former rhyme are current in the North of England: That's a lee wi' a latchet, You may shut the door and catch it. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z For a few minutes the crew were busy shaking out the reef, and then as the yacht buried her lee bulwarks Aynsley took the wheel. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z Stirling climbed the lee fore shrouds and grasped a white boat's rail where it swung from polished davits just aft the break of the forepeak, and peered inside. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Not a quarter of a mile ahead of him, standing in the lee of a low ridge, were two figures unmistakably human. Polaris of the Snows 2011-03-02T03:00:28.900Z I was fishing one day near the end of the lagoon which extends from Utwé to the lee side of the island. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z In streams where Ptychohyla and other hylid tadpoles occur, empty egg capsules have been found on the lee sides of rocks, but there is no way to determine which species laid the eggs. A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla 2011-02-28T03:00:32.093Z Somebody lighted a blue flare on the deckhouse top, and the strong light showed the gig lurching on the broken heave on the yacht’s lee side. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z Led by the second mate's boat, the tiny fleet swung like a covey of pigeons and ran before the wind with their single sails billowed out over the lee rails and their centerboards raised. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Just then one of the crew noticed a cutter tossing under the lee. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z They had found their way over to the lee side of the island, and made their way along the beach to Moūt. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z Under the lee of the destroyer the raft floated in comparatively smooth water, and the work of transferring the handful of well-nigh exhausted men commenced. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z "Think what he's doing!" said Trafford, as they sat together under the lee of a rock waiting for him. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z The screw thrashed; the crew sprang to weather and lee braces. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z By means of the capstan the rope was hauled in, and the cutter was brought up on the lee. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z Hayston answered him politely, and the Marathon soon ran round the lee side of the island. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z Sheltering under the lee of the outer most tree the fellow was actually looking straight in the flight-sub's direction. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z They slept the third night, Marjorie within and the two men under the lee of the little cabin, and Partington was up and away before dawn to a trap towards the ridge. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z A sound of more oars in locks struck up the wind; a voice warned from the quarter-deck; and a shuffle echoed along the deck in the lee of the galley house. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Between us and the River Clyde, in the lee of the low, scrubby cliffs, I could make out a flag-pole and a dark cluster on the beach around it. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z It was blowing stiffly as we ran through the passage, and certainly we presented a pretty spectacle, with our running gear all in disorder, and the crew drunk in the lee scuppers. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z "There was a good depth under the lee of those bushes, you'll remember, and I noticed by the footprints that he had walked through the drift." Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z The remnants of the regiment, including the squadron of Captain Francis Grenfell, found shelter under the lee of a light railway embankment. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z He pocketed the weapon, faced about, and darted for the lee shrouds which led up to the crow's-nest. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Sitting down under the lee of a big old log, its blackness hidden under the trailing brambles and bright ferns, we waited and watched. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z In a state of sheer desperation I smoked away the intolerable hours, and even had tobacco to share with the guides who placidly awaited the dawn in the lee of the horses. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z Ordered aloft on a winter's night to furl the topsail of the schooner "Pride o' Salcombe," he was benumbed with the piercing cold as he lay along the lee yard-arm. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z The angle which this lounging-room forms with the hall makes a pleasant lee, and a loitering-place for my family in the winter. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z The ship steadied, swung, then darted under the lee of a barren island; the strait with its score of sharp turnings lay ahead. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z In speaking of the rainfall of the State it is right to mention a considerable stretch of land lying on the east side of, and directly under the lee of, the Cascade Mountains. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z As it was, beating our way against it, we had to stop in the lee of the bayberry slopes to catch our breath. Pilgrim Trails A Plymouth-to-Provincetown Sketchbook 2011-02-02T03:00:24.703Z On the lee hen-coop reposed another passenger in sympathy with his fellow, to whose feelings I felt a disposition to do equal justice. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z Two boatloads of gesticulating individuals now appeared from the shelter of her lee side and began pulling wildly away from the ship. The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne 2011-01-30T03:00:19.213Z Finding his craft a helpless wreck, Lieutenant Blake ordered the magazine flooded to prevent an explosion and fired a lee gun in token of surrender. Cruise and Captures of the Alabama 2011-01-30T03:00:18.733Z Huddling in the lee of the cabin, they anxiously watched and listened. Saboteurs on the River 2011-01-28T03:00:23.967Z Probably this one was sleeping in the sun under the lee of a rock, and you may have come unpleasantly near him without knowing it. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z On the left of this ravine were some farm houses lying under the lee of two small hills, from the summit of which a fairly extensive view would be obtained. Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa 2011-01-26T03:00:28.560Z David placed his lantern in the lee of the cedar and, kicking off one of his own racquettes, belabored Axel with it unsparingly. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z Time and again we were forced to halt in the lee of a wooded point, where with threshing of arms we drove the sluggish blood back into our numbing finger-tips. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z If he hurts Brown Betty—” “You won’t mind so much if we hurt him,” quietly put in the Sheriff, who was riding on his lee. The Delafield Affair 2011-01-19T03:00:21.497Z They huddled in the lee of an overhanging rock, rain driving into their faces. Whispering Walls 2011-01-17T03:00:48.373Z Indeed, breakers had been continually under their lee, and at a small distance from them; so that they were in the most imminent danger. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z "Always sleep on the lee side of your bivouac fire," he said. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z Simon Reelfoot rode up, tied his horse on the lee of the building—he was always tender of his stock—and entered. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z The Dutch island of Curaçoa lay under our lee, and we accordingly made sail for that island. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Arriving under the lee of the pilot-house they halted, and waited in silence for the shock which should tell that the Sea Bird had been forced into shoal water. A Runaway Brig; or, An Accidental Cruise 2011-01-02T03:00:16.390Z "Here—to your lee!" replied the castaways, and then, quite overcome, they suddenly lost consciousness. Where Duty Called or, In Honor Bound 2011-01-01T03:00:22.753Z When the action ceased the ships were in nine fathoms water, within 5 m. of a lee shore, and there was every sign of an approaching gale. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z Come up once more before mine eyes, Sweet halcyon days, warm summer sea, Faint orange of the morning skies And dark-lined shores upon the lee! The Two Twilights 2010-12-25T03:00:12.393Z When I came on deck the next morning, there was a fine large ship lying under my lee, awaiting my orders. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Two days elapsed before the schooner was again well under the lee of Sandy Key, and preparations were made to land as soon as it grew dusk. Commodore Junk 2010-12-20T17:12:13.450Z Freed of their harness, they stood in the lee of a great gum, their flanks matted with the dust which had caked with the run of sweat on them. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z After a time he was just able to make out its small whitish body stretched upon the ground, under the lee of a little bush, and apparently resolved upon passing the night there. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z I was standing one afternoon beneath the awning, talking to the captain, when one of the men aloft announced a boat on the lee bow. Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches 2010-12-20T17:11:48.837Z I therefore directed Captain Butcher to get up his anchors immediately, and follow me around to Angra Bay, on the west side of the island, where we should find a lee, and smooth water. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Oh, in anwer to your question I’m a bit of both and my last name starts with an ‘S’ also. — lee I think this is a shocking and grossly unfair article. Slater vs. Sully: Sizing Up Two Air Men in a Crisis 2010-08-11T20:42:00Z Davey was waiting in the lee of the garden fence round Farrel's cottage, his little red mare set with her haunches against the wind. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z As the blesboks came under the lee of each hill that covered a hunter, they suddenly swerved, and swept round him at such a distance as to render shooting at them a perfectly ridiculous thing. The Young Yagers A Narrative of Hunting Adventures in Southern Africa 2010-12-20T17:11:52.020Z The lee side of the island is subject to the visitation of “rollers,” which break on the shore with very great violence. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" False Bay is an immense sheet of water, of a horse-shoe shape, and we had to steam some twenty miles before we could weather the Cape of Good Hope, under our lee. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The cutter heeled over till her lee gunwale dipped—the masts bent and creaked, and the old boat went tearing into the wind on the best and last sail of her varied life. H.M.S. —— No sooner had we gone up, than we heard a sound of voices close under our lee, and found that a small junk was still lying alongside of us. A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas The hull of the stranded ship formed a kind of breakwater, and the sea was comparatively smooth under her lee. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 This was by a huge watch-dog, within the reach of whose chain one of the laird's lee lurches had brought him. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 The Audacious, having placed herself on the Revolutionnaire’s lee quarter, poured in a heavy fire, and, until recalled by signal, the Russell, who was at some distance to leeward, also fired on her. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Occasionally he ceased his staring out on the lee bow to look back along the deck. H.M.S. —— "Ye lee," answered the beggar, in an instant, as he stood up, surrounded by his friends. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 We had to content ourselves at last with a little pressed-up hummock, which we could just get under the lee of. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 I cannot relate all that followed, for a spar struck me senseless, and when I recovered we were riding in an untroubled bay, under a lee shore. Idonia: A Romance of Old London We made her a point or two on our lee bow, and not to excite her suspicion we kept away for her, so gradually, that she could scarcely perceive the alteration in our course. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z A bark covering, much ruder than anything which would content an American Indian, forms their only shelter, and they often burrow under the lee side of an overhanging rock. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands When the weather was severe, the vessel was always anchored under the lee of the nearest land, or was put into some sheltered bay. The Story of Malta We had a long halt for dinner at eight or nine in the morning, after having chosen ourselves a sheltered place in the lee of a ridge. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 From the maples I made for the lee of the barn eaves, disturbing the hens who were sulking there. The Jonathan Papers When they pulled under the lee of the Alabama, and we threw them a rope, I was greatly relieved. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z She kept up this babble during the whole of tea in the lee of that motor on the downs where Mr. Burke had come upon me as I drowsed after lunch. Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune Then walking across from his caboose, he got under the lee of the hind Pullman sleeper to watch for the expected headlight. The Nerve of Foley And Other Railroad Stories The palm grove stood under the lee of the ridge, on a stretch of bare ground. Into the Primitive |
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