(adv.) On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm aweather!

alee anticlockwise aweather clockwise counterclockwise downwind earthward flanking glancing heavenward homeward landward lateral lee lee sheet lee shore lee side lee tack leftward next-beside rightward seaward side sideling sidelong sideward sidewards sideway sideways sidewise skirting to leeward to windward upwind weather weatherward widdershins windward