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south-south-west, adv. etc.
[Cf. MLG. sûtsûtwest, older Flem. suydsuydwest, Du. zuidzuidwest, G. südsüdwest.]
In or from the direction situated midway between south and south-west. Also as n. and adj.
1513Douglas æneid Wks. 1874 II. 284 And Affricus is takin for plat west wynd, that is bot sowth sowthwest. 1555Eden Decades iii. iii. (Arb.) 260 [It] runneth to the quarter of south southwest and north northeast. 1638Chilmead tr. Hues' Treat. Globes v. (Hakl. Soc.) 141 You must saile..to the Canary Islands by the South South-west Rumbe. a1701Maundrell Journ. Jerus. (1721) Add. 6 Its Course is South South West. 1772–84Cook's Voy. (1790) I. 151 We discovered land from the mast head, bearing south-south-west. 1827J. Holmes Hist. United Brethren ii. (ed. 2) 101 The coast..now turned to the south-south-west. 1842Penny Cycl. XXIII. 215/2, 18 miles south-south-west from Bury. 1900Westm. Gaz. 22 Aug. 10/1 The south-south-west of Natal.
Hence south-south-ˈwesterly, -ˈwestern adjs.
1837Penny Cycl. VIII. 204/2 Always with south-south-westerly winds. 1840Ibid. XVI. 325/1 Flowing..in a south-south-western direction. 1850Ansted Elem. Geol., Min., etc. §124 A south-south-westerly wind. |