LEE-HATCH, Take care of the! A word of caution to the helmsman, not to let the ship fall to leeward of her course.
LEE-HITCH. The helmsman getting to leeward of the course.
LEE-LURCHES. The sudden and violent rolls which a ship often takes to leeward when a large wave strikes her on the weather-side.
LEE-SHORE. A ship is said to be on a lee-shore, when she is near it, with the wind blowing right on to it.
LEE-SIDE. All that part of a ship or boat which lies between the mast and the side farthest from the wind, the other half being the weather-side.
LEE-SIDE of the Quarter-deck. Colloquially called the midshipman's parade.
LEE-TIDE. A tide running in the same direction as the wind, and forcing a ship to leeward of the line upon which she appears to sail.
LEEWARD. The lee-side. (See [Lee].) The opposite of lee is weather, and of leeward, windward.
LEEWARDLY. Said of a ship or vessel which presents so little resistance to the water, when on a wind, as to bag away to leeward. It is the contrary to weatherly.
LEE-WAY. What a vessel loses by drifting to leeward in her course. When she is sailing close-hauled in a smooth sea with all sail set, she should make little or no lee-way; but a proportionate allowance must be made under every reduction of sail or increase of sea, the amount depending on the seaman's skill, and his knowledge of the vessel's qualities.