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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Nautical, riding with head to wind instead of to current. Compare tide-rode.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Naut.) Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide; -- said of a vessel lying at anchor, with wind and tide opposed to each other.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective nautical Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide; said of a vessel lying at anchor, with wind and tide opposed to each other.

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