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In the wind's eye

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(Naut.)

directly toward the point from which the wind blows.

- L'Estrange.

See also: Wind

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Maybe you think we were all a sheet in the wind's eye.

Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context

I know that I was a sheet in the wind's eye, sir, once - once only, since I reached this place,' retorted the Admiral.

Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context

I could see that a body could sail pretty close to the wind, but he couldn't go in the wind's eye.

Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven by Twain, Mark View in context

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