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south-ˈeastern, a.
[f. south + eastern. Cf. OE. súðéasterne, OHG. sund-, suntôstrôni.]
1. Lying on the south-east side; situated in the south-east.
1577Eden & Willes Hist. Trav. 230 b, The South⁓eastern way rounde about Affrike by the cape of Good hope. 1618in Foster Eng. Factories India (1906) I. 11 Those southerne and south-easterne countries. 1632Lithgow Trav. iii. 105 These South-easterne Iles in Summer are extreame hot. 1694[see Portuguese n. 1]. 1814Scott Diary 9 Aug., The extreme south-eastern point of Zetland. 1875Whitney Life Lang. viii. 143 Certain communities in southeastern Europe.
b. Of or pertaining to the south-east of England.
1886T. L. Kington-Oliphant New English I. 151 [In Trevisa's Chronicle] the South-Eastern form ie replaces eaȝ in die (tingere).
2. Of the wind: Blowing from the south-east.
Cf. OE. súðéasterne, súþanéasterne wind.
1842Penny Cycl. XXII. 286/2 During the south-eastern wind, which is called the solano, the thermometer frequently rises to 90°. 1855Kingsley Westw. Ho! i, Far below, upon the soft south-eastern breeze, the stately ships go sliding out to sea. |