alee
(adverb) on or toward the lee; “put the helm alee”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
alee (comparative more alee, superlative most alee)
On the lee side of a ship, to the leeward side (vs aweather)
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Source: Wiktionary
A*lee", adv. Etym: [Pref. a- + lee.] (Naut.)
Definition: On or toward the lee, or the side away from the wind; the opposite of aweather. The helm of a ship is alee when pressed close to the lee side. Hard alee, or Luff alee, an order to put the helm to the lee side.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
