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west-north-west, adv. etc.
[See west adv. and north-west. Cf. MLG. westnortwest, Du. -noord-, G. -nord-.]
In or from the direction situated midway between west and north-west. Also as n. and adj.
14..Sailing Directions (Hakl. Soc., 1889) 11 The Ilonde and Berwik haven lien west north west and Est South est. Ibid. 18 The streemys of Briggewatir sit west norwest. c1490Botoner Itin. (1778) 287 Anglice west-north-west versus Seynt Davyes. a1550Leland Itin. (1764) III. 30 The secund [creke] lyith West North West. 1555Eden Decades (Arb.) 70 Proceading..at the lengthe towarde the weste northe weste. 1625Hynmers tr. W. Blaeu's Sea Mirr. ii. 112 When that Lagernesse is westnorthwest from you, then goe on southeast. 1685T. Phelps Acc. Captivity 22 Our course by the North-Star was West-North-West. 1715Lond. Gaz. No. 5360/5 With little Wind at West North West. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 111 The land lying away from the west-north-west to the south-east-by-south. 1855Kingsley Westw. Ho! xxxi, A strong west-north-west breeze. 1883R. H. Scott Elem. Meteorol. 359 The wind flies round to West, or West-north-west.
Hence west-north-westerly a.
1895Westm. Gaz. 7 Oct. 5/2 She met with a tremendous west-north-westerly gale. |