in the wind

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in the wind [‚inthə ′wind]

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In the direction from which the wind is blowing; windward; used particularly in reference to a heading or to the position of an object.

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No references found			At the end house of the village some frozen clothes hanging on a line--shirts, one red and one white, trousers, leg-bands, and a petticoat--fluttered wildly in the wind. Master and Man by Tolstoy, Leo View in context A veer in the wind induced them to slack off sheets, and five minutes afterward a sudden veer from the opposite quarter caught all three schooners aback, and those on shore could see the boom-tackles being slacked away or cast off on the jump. South Sea Tales by London, Jack View in context But turning to the steersman, who thus far had been holding the ship in the wind to diminish her headway, he cried out in his old lion voice, -- Up helm Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context			IMT-Advanced IMTC IMUnified IMVIC test IN in antis in band in cavetto In Cold Blood in extremis in hardware in line In Memoriam in phase IN point In Salah in situ in situ combustion in situ concrete in situ foaming in situ hybridization in software in the clear in the cloud in the wild in the wind in utero in vacuo in vitro in vitro fertilization in vivo In'chon in-and-out bond in-band signaling in-band signalling in-band/on-channel in-bank measure in-dash head unit in-dash navigation in-feed centerless grinding in-flight Wi-Fi in-gate in-glaze decoration in-house in-house scrap in-line assembly machine in-line centrifugal fan in-line coding in-line engine in-line equipment in-line guns			in the unlikely event that happens if in the usual course of things in the vicinity in the vicinity of in the vicinity of in the vicinity of in the wake of in the wake of in the wake of In the Wake of Gods in the way in the way in the way in the way in the way of in the way of someone in the way of someone or something In the way with in the whole in the whole wide world in the whole wide world in the whole wide world in the whole wide world in the whole world in the whole world in the whole world in the whole world In the Wild In the Wild in the wilderness in the wind In the wind's eye in the wings in the wings in the wings in the wings in the wings in the wink of an eye in the wink of an eye in the wink of an eye in the wink of an eye in the works in the works in the works in the works in the works in the works in the world in the world in the world in the worst way in the worst way in the worst way in the wrong in the wrong In the wrong box in the wrong place in the wrong place in the wrong place at the wrong time in the year of grace in the year of grace

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