weatherly
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Origin of weatherly
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"I was hoping he might get between the most weatherly French frigate and her line," answered Sir Gervaise; "when I think, by edging rapidly away, we could take her alive, with the Plantagenet."
From The Two Admirals by James Fenimore Cooper
She was a handsome boat, evidently designed to be fast and weatherly.
From By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson by W. (William) Rainey
We therefore decided to extend her two flat sides nine inches below her bottom, so as to form two keels; and, thus provided, we believed she would prove to be fairly weatherly.
From The First Mate The Story of a Strange Cruise by Edward S. Hodgson
Built with a view of encountering the short steep seas of Poole Bar, she was typical of the weatherly boats that have justly earned a splendid reputation for seaworthiness.
From With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
When put upon the route in 1907, the Cayuga received the commendation of the travelling public, her weatherly capacity and speed enabling the leaving hour to be changed from 7 a.m. to 7.30.
From A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River by Barlow Cumberland
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