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south-ˈeastward, adv., n., and a.
[f. south-east + -ward.]
A. adv. In a south-easterly direction; towards the south-east.
1528in Froude Hist. Eng. (1856) II. 63 Master Garret..fled in a tawny coat south-eastward. 1591G. Fletcher Russ. Commw. 65 b, The Chrim Tartar..that lieth South, and Southeastward from Russia. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 230 Most of those rivers ran rather south⁓eastward than northward. 1845Encycl. Metrop. VI. 584 The strata sink with a very regular inclination Eastward or South-Eastward. 1896Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign xiv, Making its own way, south-eastward towards the Belingwe district.
B. n. The south-east quarter or direction.
1555Eden Decades (Arb.) 381 To the Southeastwarde, lyeth a hed lande. Ibid., To the southeastwarde of that rocke. 1820Scoresby Acc. Arc. Reg. II. 345 They had rowed many hours to the south-eastward. 1860Merc. Marine Mag. VII. 172 Some others to the south-eastward are quite out of the way. 1884Bedford Sailor's Handbk. 146 Vessels..would do well to stand boldly to the south⁓eastward with these winds.
C. adj. Situated towards or leading to the south-east.
1766Entick London IV. 60 The arms of London [are] on the south-eastward pillar. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. (ed. 3) I. 550 In a southeastward direction.
So south-ˈeastwards adv.
1879Geikie in Encycl. Brit. X. 366/1 They [sc. striæ] run..eastwards or south-eastwards across the lower grounds of Sweden. 1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 407 The Ogowé's chief affluent..cuts through it again from Samba south-eastwards. |