Sentence:  Here were ſome marks of the ſavages along the ſhore ; for the ſhip <WSD>ſtood off</WSD> and on a good way down ; but no drift-wood, beaſts or fiſh were found, nor any thing uſeful except a few fowls, one of which they shot. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To move away from shore.