aweather

• Then amid falling shades and hollow moaning of winds the yacht drove slowly away with her foresail still aweather, and the fleet hung around awaiting the admiral's final decision. —  A Dream of the North Sea
• Indeed, this looked less like an island than the main itself Beating out aweather, against the gentle landward breeze he beheld a great ship on their starboard bow, that he conceived to be some three or four miles off, and--as well as he could judge her at that distance--of a tonnage equal if not superior to their own. —  Captain Blood
• Came the creak of blocks and the rattle of slatting sails as they swung aweather, and Captain Blood turned and beckoned Lord Julian forward. —  Captain Blood
• Bid them put the helm over Close-hauled they tacked aweather, guided by the sound of combat, which grew in volume and definition as they approached it. —  Captain Blood
• Beating out aweather, against the gentle landward breeze he beheld a great ship on their starboard bow, that he conceived to be some three or four miles off, and -- as well as he could judge her at that distance -- of —  Captain Blood

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