( a. )
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.
( a. )
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012