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NORTH-WEST
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
To, toward, or in the northwest
Synonyms:
nor'-west; north-west; northwest
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Context examples:
We were lying head to north-west, and it was his intention to jibe over all with the first puff.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
It would not be proper, for some reasons, to trouble the reader with the particulars of our adventures in those seas; let it suffice to inform him, that in our passage from thence to the East Indies, we were driven by a violent storm to the north-west of Van Diemen’s Land.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
My heart leaped with gladness, for I knew what he had in mind, and I gave him the bearings—west-north-west, and five hundred miles away.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The continent, of which this kingdom is apart, extends itself, as I have reason to believe, eastward, to that unknown tract of America westward of California; and north, to the Pacific Ocean, which is not above a hundred and fifty miles from Lagado; where there is a good port, and much commerce with the great island of Luggnagg, situated to the north-west about 29 degrees north latitude, and 140 longitude.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
It was the end of the third day of a fierce storm which had swung around the compass from the south-east to the north-west, and which was then blowing directly in upon us.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Having thus prepared all things as well as I was able, I set sail on the twenty-fourth day of September 1701, at six in the morning; and when I had gone about four-leagues to the northward, the wind being at south-east, at six in the evening I descried a small island, about half a league to the north-west.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
We did sight one, in the afternoon, when the north-west breeze had sprung up freshly once more.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The whole extent of this prince’s dominions reaches about six thousand miles in length, and from three to five in breadth: whence I cannot but conclude, that our geographers of Europe are in a great error, by supposing nothing but sea between Japan and California; for it was ever my opinion, that there must be a balance of earth to counterpoise the great continent of Tartary; and therefore they ought to correct their maps and charts, by joining this vast tract of land to the north-west parts of America, wherein I shall be ready to lend them my assistance.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
