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north-east, adv., n., and a.|nɔːθˈiːst|
[f. north and east: cf. MDu. noortoost (Du. noordoost), G., Sw., Da. nordost; also F. (13th cent.), It., and Sp. nordest, Sp. and Pg. nordeste.
OE. had also norðanéastan, from the north-east, = MDu. noortoosten-, OHG. nord-, northostan.]
A. adv.
1. In the direction lying midway between north and east.
931in W. de Gray Birch Cartul. Sax. II. 358 Swa norð east to ðære lytlan riðe. a1122O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1106, Swilce ormæte beam ᵹeþuht norð east scinende. 14..Sailing Directions (Hakluyt) 11 It flowith on the londe of Holdernes northest. 1555Eden Decades (Arb.) 348 Neyther shulde the needle make any chaunge..in saylynge northeeste. 1612Capt. Smith Descr. Virg. Wks. (Arb.) 52 The river it selfe turneth North east. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 174 We stood away now north-east and north-east-by-north. 1762Falconer Shipwr. i. 726 North-east a league, the Isle of Standia bears. 1846Dickens Cricket on Hearth i, It's been blowing north-east, straight into the cart, the whole way home. 1872Raymond Statist. Mines & Mining 11 The mines are situated 42 miles north east of the town of San Diego.
Comb.1875Bedford Sailor's Pkt.-bk. (ed. 2) §5. 172 The north-east going stream..makes to the eastward.
2. quasi-n. With prepositions, as on, from, at.
c1122O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1122, Feole scipmen..sædon þæt hi sæᵹon on norð east fir micel. 1481Caxton Godfrey clxxiii. 256 Fro the yate toward northeste..vnto the tour on the corner. c1500Lancelot 677 Richt as he spred his bemys frome northest, The king wprass. 1599Hakluyt Voy. II. ii. 329 In the 41 degrees we met with the winde at Northeast. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 146 So I ran on, having an easy gale at north-east.
B. n.
1. The direction, or point of the horizon, lying midway between north and east.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 61 Þe secounde [sea] is i-cleped Caspius, and entreþ toward þe norþ est. 1398― Barth. De P.R. xv. ix. (Bodl. MS.), He haþ..in þe norþe este þe grickissche see. a1450[see north B. 1]. 1535Coverdale Ezek. xl. 23 Ouer agaynst the dore, that was towarde y⊇ north east. 1604E. G[rimstone] D'Acosta's Hist. Indies iii. v. 134 Mestrall they call the northeast. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 302 The wind came about to the north-east and blew very hard. 1778W. Robertson Hist. Amer. Wks. 1851 V. 139 [He] directed his course towards the north-east. 1844Mem. Babylonian Princess II. 134 On the north-east, the lake of Genesareth. 1856Bond Russia at Close 16th C. (Hakluyt) Introd. 3 They despatched expeditions..in the direction of the north-east.
2. The north-east wind.
1382Wyclif Acts xxvii. 14 The wynd Tiffonyk, that is clepid north eest, or wynd of tempest.
1711Prior Henry & Emma 368 Can they resist The parching dog-star, and the bleak north-east? 1728–46Thomson Spring 142 The North-east spends his rage. 1865Allingham 50 Mod. Poems, Winter Cloud, With snow Driv'n by a sharp north-east on bough and stem.
C. adj.
1. Of the wind: Blowing from the north-east.
Perhaps representing OE. norðanéastan wind.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xi. iii. (Bodl. MS.), Anoþer..hatte chorus, þe norþe este winde. 1483Cath. Angl. 256/1 Þ⊇ Northe est wynde, uroaquilo. 1581G. Pettie tr. Guazzo's Civ. Conv. i. (1586) 17 b, I thinke the Northeast winde doth not so driue in sunder the clouds. 1667Milton P.L. iv. 161 North-East windes blow Sabean Odours from the spicie shoare. 1707Mortimer Husb. (1721) II. 112 The Eastern [aspect] is subject to the North-East Winds. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XVIII. 862/2 It appears..that the north-east wind blows much more frequently in April, May, and June..than at any other period. 1861F. Metcalfe Oxonian in Iceland x. (1867) 152 A north-east wind is called a ‘land-north’ wind.
2. Lying or situated in or towards the north-east. Also fig.
1501Douglas Pal. Hon. i. xxvi, And sa appeirit to my fantasie, A schynand licht out of the north eist sky. 1560Astrol. in Chaucer's Wks. 251/2 The Sterres..ben cleped Sterres of the North, for they arisen by the Northeast line. 1675Phil. Trans. X. 457 A Noarth East and South West Moon. 1709Brit. Apollo No. 56. 2/2 Turn the North-East Side of your Face to them and blast their Expectations. 1726Swift Gulliver i. viii, Walking..to the North-East Coast of the Island. 1821Scott Kenilw. xxvi, A small but strong tower, occupying the north-east angle of the building. 1900J. V. Bartlet Apost. Age i. vi. 157 Rhodes, lying to the northeast corner of its fine island.
b. north-east passage, a passage for vessels along the northern coasts of Europe and Asia, formerly thought of as a possible course by which to make voyages to the East.
1600Hakluyt Voy. III. A 6 b, Great probabilities of a North, Northwest, or Northeast passage. a1625Fletcher Woman's Prize ii. ii, As many servants..as the North-East passage Has consum'd sailors. 1697W. Dampier Voy. (1699) 274, I would take the same method if I was to go to discover the North East Passage. 1725[see passage n. 11]. 1885Encycl. Brit. XIX. 325 The achievement of the north-east passage.
Hence north-ˈeast v. Of the compass: To vary in the direction of north-east. rare—1.
a1646J. Gregory Posthuma, Maps & Charts (1650) 311 At the Straits of Magellan the Roundlet there saith..That the Needle North-easteth six Degrees. |