1. (n.) The side of a ship toward the wind.

2. (n.) The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.

3. (n.) The roundest part of a ship's bow.

4. (n.) The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.

5. (v. i.) To turn the head of a vessel toward the wind; to sail nearer the wind; to turn the tiller so as to make the vessel sail nearer the wind.

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