"weather ship" meaning in English

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        "A ship, usually permanently on station, tasked with reporting meteorological data."
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          "word": "ocean station vessel"
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          "ref": "1832, Francis Lieber, editor, A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, volume 9, Philadelphia: Carey and Lea, page 178",
          "text": "If the weather ship be of inferior force, it enables her to keep out of action much longer, and, though a poorer sailer, she may do so until the intervention of night increases the chances of escape.",
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        "A ship to the windward of another; considered an advantage in naval warfare."
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        "(Age of Sail) A ship to the windward of another; considered an advantage in naval warfare."
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        "(Age of Sail) A ship to the windward of another; considered an advantage in naval warfare."
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