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Nor'-west

noun
1.
The compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees.  Synonyms: northwest, northwestward, NW.



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... anticlimax in that port, Robarts weighed anchor at daybreak; and there was a southwesterly breeze waiting for this favourite of fortune, and carried him past the Azores. Off Ushant it was westerly, and veered to the nor'-west just before they sighted the Land's End: never was such a charming passage from the Cape. The sailor who had the luck to sight Old England first nailed his starboard shoe to the mainmast for contributions; and all ...
— Hard Cash • Charles Reade
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Words linked to "Nor'-west" :   point, NW, compass point, north-west


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