Fair wind

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  • fair wind — noun A wind blowing in the direction the sailor wants to go, ie. favourably. (Reference: , H. M. Bark Endeavour, , second edition 2003, ISBN 0 522 85093 6, page 210.) Ant: foul wind …   Wiktionary

  • fair — fair1 [fer] adj. [ME < OE fæger, akin to FAIN, Goth fagrs, apt, fit < IE base * pek , to be content, make (something) pretty > Lith púošiu, to ornament] 1. attractive; beautiful; lovely 2. unblemished; clean [a fair name] 3. [< notion …   English World dictionary

  • wind — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fierce, harsh, high, stiff, strong ▪ Rain and high winds are forecast. ▪ There was a stiff wind blowing …   Collocations dictionary

  • fair — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English fager, fair, from Old English fæger; akin to Old High German fagar beautiful Date: before 12th century 1. pleasing to the eye or mind especially because of fresh, charming, or flawless quality 2.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • wind — I.   (air movement).   Makani (for fig. meanings and types of winds, see Haw. Eng. entry and entries that follow it).   See break wind.     Variable wind, makani pālua.     Fair wind, makani olu olu, peawini.     Wind puff, ahe lau makani, ōnini …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • fair —   1. Just. Kūpono, pono, kaulike.    ♦ Fair wind, peawini, makani olu olu.   2. Complexion. Ili kea, ili mā ila, lākea, hākeakea, halakea, a ia i, lamalama.   3. Exhibit. Pea, hō ike ike.   4. Somewhat good, pretty good. Ano maika i …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • Fair use — is a doctrine in United States copyright law that allows limited use of copyrighted material without requiring permission from the rights holders, such as use for scholarship or review. It provides for the legal, non licensed citation or… …   Wikipedia

  • Fair-use — Aux États Unis, le fair use (que l on peut traduire par « usage loyal », « usage raisonnable » ou « usage acceptable ») est un ensemble de règles de droit, d origine législative et jurisprudentielle, qui apportent… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Fair Use — Aux États Unis, le fair use (que l on peut traduire par « usage loyal », « usage raisonnable » ou « usage acceptable ») est un ensemble de règles de droit, d origine législative et jurisprudentielle, qui apportent… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Fair Stood the Wind for France — is a novel written by British author H. E. Bates, it was first published in 1944 and was his first financial success. The title comes from the first line of Agincourt , a poem by Michael Drayton (1563 1631). [… …   Wikipedia

  • wind — wind, breeze, gale, hurricane, zephyr are comparable rather than synonymous terms that can all basically mean air in motion. Wind is the general term referable to any sort of natural motion whatever its degree of velocity or of force {a strong… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms


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