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looard

looard adverb: leeward.

Adverb

looard (not comparable)

  1. leeward
    • So my great-uncle, who were bosin, made an observation, and says he, 'There's just ten days' provision for seven men, and we're twenty days to looard of Silly Bes (Celebes), if we only row ten miles a day.1877, Charles W. Hall, Adrift in the Ice-Fields
    • "Keep away, boy--keep to looard.1884, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete

Origin of looard

Alteration of leeward.

Questions about looard

What does looard mean?
Looard means leeward.
What part of speech is looard?
Looard is an adverb.

Words near looard in the dictionary

  1. loo-roll cosies
  2. loo-roll cosy
  3. loo-rolls
  4. loo-table
  5. loo-tables
  6. looard
  7. loob
  8. loobies
  9. loobily
  10. loobs
  11. looby

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