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- noun
southwest
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees
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Examples
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It is going to blow hard too, though that is no great matter, as we are sheltered by banks on the sou'-west and nor'-west sides, the likely quarters.
The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955
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The fog's going, and there's a breeze from the sou'-west. '
The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955
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It's coming from the sou'-west; shall we turn in? '
The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955
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Half a gale from the sou'-west when we turned out, but it helped us to float off safely at six.
The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955
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Ahead and to starboard is the West Hohenhörn, curling round to the sou'-west for all the world like a stone pier.
The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955
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'Two — one and a half — one — lights in line sou'-west by west — got a match?'
The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955
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The wind has changed, and people say we shall have a gale from the sou'-west.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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The clouds are hurrying up from the sou'-west, and I think it's coming on to blow; as old
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 Charles Herbert Sylvester
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So saying, Mr Gresham went down the side, without any further palaver; and, when he was seated in the sternsheets, the pinnace went off in a bee-line to the sou'-west in the teeth of the monsoon, which was beginning to blow now pretty briskly.
Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy John B. [Illustrator] Greene
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"There's no more water-belt there," said Lund, "than there was music in your great-uncle's jewsharp; but there's a spot off to the sou'-west that looks to me a little like blue water."
Adrift in the Ice-Fields Charles W. Hall
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