What is to sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship called?
weather — (Naut.) To sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather a cape; to weather another ship. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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