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Definition: DEAD WIND

Part of Speech Definition
Expression 1. (Naut.), a wind directly ahead, or opposed to the ship's course.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Definition: DEAD WIND

Part of SpeechDefinition
Expression1. (Naut.), a wind directly ahead, or opposed to the ship's course.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Common Expressions: DEAD WIND

ExpressionsDefinition
Dead wind(Naut.), a wind directly ahead, or opposed to the ship's course. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Expressions: DEAD WIND

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
Dead WindLiterature(A). A wind directly opposed to a ship's course; a wind dead ahead. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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