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north-ˈwestern, a. and n.
[Cf. western and OHG. northuuestrôni.]
A. adj. Situated or extending towards the north-west.
1612Selden in Drayton's Poly-olb. 125 Japhet..had the North-westerne Part of the World. 1632Lithgow Trav. iii. 105 These North-westerne Ilands..are neither hot nor cold. 1846McCulloch Brit. Empire (1854) II. 58 Among the greater lines of railway now existing, may be specified the London and North Western. 1860Venables Isle of Wight 338 The woodland of the north-western district.
B. n. (See quot.)
1701C. Wolley Jrnl. New York (1860) 23 A thick winter Coat there is commonly called a North-western. |