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south-ˈwestward, adv., n., and a.
[f. south-west + -ward. So MDu. suytwestwairt.]
A. adv. = south-west adv.
1548Patten Exped. Scotl. M vj, Thear stode southwestward about a quarter of a mile from our campe, a monasterie. 1553Eden Treat. New Ind. (Arb.) 28 He sayled by the costes of the Ilande Southweste warde. 1612Drayton Poly-olb. viii. 3 Clear Sabrine..South-westward casts her course. 1792Morse Amer. Geog. 48 The..mountains which run south-westward through Pennsylvania. 1820Keats Lamia i. 179 That other ridge..Stretches..South⁓westward to Cleone. 1876Meredith Beauch. Career xxxv, Save where a quarry south-westward gaped at the evening sun. 1884Bedford Sailor's Handbk. 441 The anchorage for large vessels is south-westward of Little Sea Hill.
B. n. = south-west n.
1775Phil. Trans. LXVIII. 392 When the ship's head was to the Southwestward. 1831Scott Cast. Dang. i, Coming from the south-westward. 1884Bedford Sailor's Handbk. 411 [The currents] often run with great velocity to the south-westward.
C. adj. Tending or flowing towards the south-west.
1796Morse Amer. Geog. (ed. 3) I. 384 The river Kennebeck takes a southwestward course. 1972Science 19 May 791/1 The southwestward flow of cold drier air is suggested to account for two aspects.
So south-ˈwestwards adv.
1745tr. Egede's Descr. Greenland 39 The Current..running along the Shore, South-Westwards. 1879Geikie in Encycl. Brit. X. 339/2 From the mouth of the St. Lawrence south-westwards into Alabama. |