sailing in the wind
11close to the wind — adverb nearly opposite to the direction from which wind is coming sailing close to the wind • Topics: ↑seafaring, ↑navigation, ↑sailing * * * phrasal of a ship : with the head directed as nearly to the point from which the wind blows as it is… …
12Ride Like the Wind — Infobox Single Name = Ride Like the Wind Artist = Christopher Cross from Album = Christopher Cross Released = 1980 Format = LP Genre = Soft rock, Yacht rock, Ambient. Length = 4:35 Label = Warner Music Group Producer = Michael Omartian Chart… …
13Run Before the Wind — infobox Book | name = Run Before the Wind title orig = translator = image caption = author = Stuart Woods illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Will Lee genre = Suspense/Thriller publisher = Norton… …
14To gain the wind — Gain Gain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gained} (g[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gaining}.] [From gain, n. but. prob. influenced by F. gagner to earn, gain, OF. gaaignier to cultivate, OHG. weidin[=o]n, weidinen to pasture, hunt, fr. weida pasturage, G. weide …
15Sailing — is the art of controlling a sailing vessel. By changing the rigging, rudder and dagger or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to change the direction and speed of a boat. Mastery of the skill requires… …
16sail close to the wind — I sail close to (or near) the wind sail as nearly against the wind as possible ■ figurative come close to breaking a rule or the law; behave or operate in a risky way II sail close to (or near) the wind 1) Sailing sail as nearly against the wind… …
17sail close to the wind — 1. to take risks which could cause problems or danger. We may have just enough fuel to get there, but we ll be sailing a bit close to the wind. (often in continuous tenses) 2. to do something that is dangerous or only just legal or acceptable. I… …
18In the Wake of the Wind — Infobox Album | Name = In the Wake of the Wind Type = Album Artist = David Arkenstone Released = 1991 Recorded = October 1989 January 1991 Genre = New Age Length = 60:59 Label = Narada Producer = David Arkenstone and Eric Lindert Reviews =… …
19near the wind — phrasal 1. : close to the wind : close hauled 2. : close to a point of danger : near the permissible limit one of his racy tales, heavily spiced with native argot and sailing perilously near the wind Edward Lockspeiser * * * near the wind ▪ To… …
20On the wind — On On ([o^]n), prep. [OE. on, an, o, a, AS. on, an; akin to D. aan, OS. & G. an, OHG. ana, Icel. [=a], Sw. [*a], Goth. ana, Russ. na, L. an , in anhelare to pant, Gr. ana , Zend ana. [root]195. Cf. {A }, 1, {Ana }, {Anon}.] The general… …
