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up⋅wind

[adv., adj. uhp-wind; n. uhp-wind]
–adverb
1. toward or against the wind or the direction from which it is blowing: The hunters stalked upwind.
–adjective
2. moving or situated toward or in the direction from which the wind is blowing: an upwind leap; the upwind portions of the aircraft.
–noun
3. a wind that blows against one's course or up a slope.

Origin:
1830–40; up- + wind 1
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up·wind   (ŭp'wĭnd')   
adv.  In or toward the direction from which the wind blows.
up'wind' adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

upwind 
1838, from up- + wind. Originally a nautical term.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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