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† ˈroomward, adv. Naut. Obs.
Also 7 roome-.
[f. room adv.]
= room adv. 3.
1611Cotgr., Bouter au vent, to beare roomeward; or, to fill the sayles with wind. 1647W. Browne tr. Polexander ii. iii. 214 My Pilot was constrained to goe Roome-ward to Sea. Ibid. 226 This Fleet..put roome-ward to Sea, as soone as they had descried us. 1658Earl of Monmouth tr. Paruta's Wars Cyprus 140 Having fallen much Roomeward at the beginning of the fight,..they kept aloof from the great gallie.
So † ˈroom-way adv. Obs.—1
1627Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. ix. 44 When she would not come neere the land, but goeth more Roome-way than her course, wee say she beares off. |