indraught
Britishnoun
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the act of drawing or pulling in
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an inward flow, esp of air
Example Sentences
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In about twenty days’ time we got near the Equator, when we met with variable winds and calms, while a strong indraught sucked us out of our course into the Bay of Panama.
From The Island Treasure by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)
"She'll be feeling the indraught now—it's running ebb," he said.
From Thrice Armed by Bindloss, Harold
A long and hard tussle it was, I assure you, to fight against the indraught, and to drag my frame through the long hillocky gorge.
From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)
This indraught increases the danger of navigating near this part but I do not recollect having experienced any when we passed them in June, 1818.
From Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 by King, Phillip Parker
Papa remarked that the strong current produced by the indraught of the Irish Channel drifted these ships out of their course, and was the cause of the catastrophe.
From A Yacht Voyage Round England by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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