Meaning of indraft | Babel Free

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Noun. [B1]

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“And yet, at other times, there is a mysterious indraft, which irresistibly draws a passing vessel among the isles, though not bound to them.”

“In the evening, Mr. Tucker went on shore to teach⟳ the younger ones to repeat⟳ the Lord's Prayer and the creed, more perfectly; and I, with the rest⟳ of my party, rowed up "the Southern Arm," an indraft of about three miles, winding among the most picturesque mountains I ever saw⟳.”

“In point⟳ of fact they will clearly illustrate⟳ the diversion of the tendency to rise⟳, spoken of in the Report⟳ before alluded to, as resulting in ascending columns and sheets, between which wind flaws, capricious in their direction and intensity, and often amounting to sharp squalls, mark⟳ out the course of their feeders and the indraft of cooler air from a distance to supply⟳ their void.”

“For a mile, or thereabouts, my raft went very well, only that I found it drive⟳ a little distant from the place⟳ where I had landed before; by which I perceived that there was some indraft of the water, and consequently I hoped to find⟳ some creek or river there, which I might make⟳ use⟳ of as a port to get⟳ to land⟳ with my cargo.”

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