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Look up: leeway

  1. leeway
    [n] - (of a ship or plane) sideways drift
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Leeway
    when the dingy drifts sideways
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  3. leeway
    the distance a sailboat is carried to leeward by the force of the wind. Category: Sports, entertainments and leisure • the amount a vessel deviates from the course steered owing to the action of the wind Category: Transport
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Leeway
    Lee'way` (lē'wā`) noun (Nautical) The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/26

  5. leeway
    noun (of a ship or plane) sideways drift
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Leeway
    • (n.) The lateral movement of a ship to the leeward of her course; drift.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. LEEWAY
    The sideways movement of the boat caused by either wind or current
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  8. leeway
    • (of a ship or plane) sideways drift
    • a permissible difference; allowing freedom to move within limits

    Found on

  9. Leeway
    The sideways movement of the boat caused by either wind or current.
    Found on http://www.sailinglinks.com/glossary.htm

  10. leeway
    The sideways movement of a boat.
    Found on http://www.diy-wood-boat.com/Boating-ter

  11. Leeway
    The sideways movement of the boat caused by either wind or current.
    Found on http://www.yachtdeliveryasia.com/glossar

  12. Leeway
    `Leeway` is the motion of an object that is floating in the water to leeward due to the component of the wind vector perpendicular to the object’s.<ref name="BOWDITCH">Bowditch. (1995). The American Practical Navigator. Pub. No. 9. 1995 Edition. Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographi...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeway

  13. Leeway
    (band) `Leeway` is a crossover thrash band formed in Astoria, New York, USA in 1984 by guitarist A.J. Novello and vocalist Eddie Sutton under the name The Unruled. They played alongside groups such as Crumbsuckers, Prong, Ludichrist, Bad Brains, and Sick of It All at the predominantly hardcor...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeway



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9 February 2012

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At 7.01pm on 9 February 1996, the IRA ended its 17-month ceasefire with a blast that rocked east London, injured more than 100 people, one critically, and thrust Northern Ireland back into political ferment. After one hour of shock and hectic checking with the security forces who, like the Government, were taken 'completely by surprise', Prime Minister John Major attacked the bombing as 'an appalling outrage'. He called upon Sinn Fein and the IRA to condemn unequivocally those who planted the bomb near South Quay railway station on the Isle of Dogs. read more

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