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lee tide
or leeward tide
noun
- a tidal current running in the direction toward which the wind is blowing.
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We then anxiously discussed every alternative, and it was sorrowfully decided that nothing more could be done until the lee tide was over, which would be about 10.30 p.m.
From Project Gutenberg
After plying to windward for an hour the weather tide ceased; when the disadvantage of a lee tide was counterbalanced by smoother water and a steadier breeze.
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