north-westerlyadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌnɔːθˈwɛstəli/, U.S.

/nɔrθˈwɛstərli/

Forms: see north adv., adj., and n. and westerly adj. and n. Also occasionally with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: north adj., westerly adj.

Etymology: < north adj. + westerly adj., after north-west adj.

A. adj.

1. Situated in the north-west, located to the north-west of a point of reference; (also) directed or moving towards the north-west.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > North-west > [adjective]

north-westeOE

nor'-westa1500

north-westerly1577

north-western1577

north-westward1703

north-westwardly1769

north-west1870

1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. iii. f. 69^v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The Swale..meeteth with sundrye other rylles in one botome, whereof the northwesterley is called Cawdebec: the south Easterly Kebecke.

1698 tr. L. Hennepin New Discov. in Amer. 353 They..were come to the River of St. Magdalen, being the North-Westerly end of the Gulf.

1728 Philos. Trans. 1726–7 (Royal Soc.) 34 134 When the Colours vanish'd here, they began to appear in the North-Westerly Arch, which was now become a portion of a larger Circle than before.

1749 Town Records, Marlborough, Mass. in Cent. Dict. A committee of seven men to apportion the school in six societies or squadrons,..taking the northwesterly corner for one squadron.

1815 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 105 185 It would seem that the north-westerly current, by Scilly, did not..balance the easterly current round Cape Ortegal.

1845 E. A. Poe Tales 12 We..proceeded in a northwesterly direction, through a tract of country excessively wild and desolate.

1885 H. R. Haggard King Solomon's Mines viii. 121 All that afternoon we travelled on along the magnificent roadway, which headed steadily in a north-westerly direction.

1911 C. Thomas & J. R. Swanton Indian Langs. Mexico & Central Amer. (U.S. Bureau of Amer. Ethnol. Bull. No. 44) 77 Mangue..was the most northwesterly tribe of the series.

1943 Rev. Econ. Stud. 11 10 It is always possible for a town to move in a North-Westerly direction if it cares.

1991 Jrnl. Hist. of Collections 3 283/1 Peddling the debased products of a Mediterranean and classical culture upon the remote north-westerly coast of Scotland.

2. Of a wind: blowing from the north-west.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > from specific point of compass

southeOE

northeOE

northerneOE

easternOE

southernOE

south-easternOE

north-easternOE

westernOE

south-westernOE

southena1325

north-east1379

east-north-easta1398

east-south-easta1398

north-north-easta1398

north-westa1398

south-southeasta1398

south-westc1400

south-easta1425

nor'-westa1500

south-southwesta1522

north-westera1525

northerlya1544

southerly1550

south-southeast?1560

south-easterly1577

north-north-west1601

subprincipal1601

southernly1610

north-westerly1611

easternly1614

northernly1632

westwardly1653

northwardly1654

north-easterly1686

southwardly1693

southwesterly1703

eastling1725

south-southeasterly1803

westland1818

south-southwesterly1822

north-western1829

north-north-easterly1831

southwesterly1883

nor-nor-east1891

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Galerneux, north-westerlie.

1683 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 13 14 When strong North-Westerly or Northerly Winds blow, which bring in an Extraordinary Floud from the Northern Seas.

1709 Philos. Trans. 1708–09 (Royal Soc.) 26 310 After a..Fair still Day, Wind North-Westerly, about half an Hour after Eight in the Evening, there appeared a very strange Light in the North.

1728 Philos. Trans. 1726–7 (Royal Soc.) 34 135 Some that were making their Observations from a high open Place, assur'd me, that it [sc. the wind] was North-westerly.

1796 R. Bage Hermsprong III. x. 89 He will beat half Newmarket when the wind is down, and north westerly.

1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers II. ii. 37 A driving, north-westerly storm succeeded; and before the sun was set, every vestige of spring had vanished.

1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 38 The avant-courier of a northwesterly gale.

1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel xxii. 208 The wind had changed, and was settling down to a comfortable north-westerly breeze.

1942 Sci. Monthly Sept. 241/2 Several coastal stations..were about 20° less cold than areas only 200 miles inland, despite a north-westerly wind blowing toward the Coast.

1992 Today (BNC) Dec. A polar airstream has swept across the country on strong north-westerly winds.

B. n.

A wind blowing from the north-west. Frequently in plural.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind with reference to direction > winds from specific compass points > north-west

Caurusc1374

north-west1440

nor'-wester1703

north-wester1728

Jack Northwester1749

north-westerly1930

1930 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 129 425 It will consist of a zone of south-westerly winds sweeping round the earth from west to east... followed by a zone of north-westerlies.

1960 Limnol. & Oceanogr. 5 54 The reported surface winds for 1956 indicated that the prevailing north-westerlies became of significant velocity and persistence for the occurrence of upwelling during June.

1991 Argus (Cape Town) 16 Apr. 6/6 The..oil tanker was anchored 3,5 miles southeast of Roman Rock, the traditional safe anchorage in winter when north-westerlies make Table Bay dangerous.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

north-westerlyadv.

Brit.

/ˌnɔːθˈwɛstəli/, U.S.

/nɔrθˈwɛstərli/

Forms: also occasionally with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: north-westerly adj.

Etymology: < north-westerly adj., after westerly adv.

†1. With reference to the wind: from the north-west. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1708 London Gaz. No. 4446/3 We have Tided it with the Merchant Ships..to this Place with small Gales North-Westerly.

2. At or towards the north-west; in a north-westerly direction or position.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > North-west > [adverb]

north-westOE

north-westlOE

north-westwarda1387

nor'-west?c1475

north-westwards1677

north-westerly1702

north-westwardly1752

north-north-westwards1903

1702 E. Knights Deed 23 May in L. B. Chapman York Deeds (1892) VII. f. 40 A certain piece or parcel of Salt-Marsh and thatch..bounded..Northeasterly & Northwesterly by a great Creek.

1740 Pennsylvania Gaz. 24 Apr. South by Dorothy Metcalf's Land Eighty Chains to a fourth Corner, from thence North Westerly Eighty degrees.

1792 Pennsylvania Gaz. 18 Jan. The next communication North-westerly to Nescopeck, is provided for by former grants of the legislature.

1835 H. W. Herbert Brothers I. ix. 170 The traces of the four remaining riders were plainly visible, running north-westerly down to the river-bank.

a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) iii. 277 Its axis of elevation extended from northwest to southeast, exactly like that of the great rocky ridge at the commencement of the Burnt Ground, ten miles northwesterly.

1888 Cent. Mag. Dec. 291/1 Some two or three miles west or north-westerly of Georgetown.

1911 G. K. Chesterton Ballad White Horse 158 A line was drawn north-westerly..Giving all lands by the northern sea To the sons of the northern star.

1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. vii. 80/1 The gold is distributed over the schist bottom in more or less orientated paystreaks trending north-westerly.

1986 E. G. Holland Coniston Copper (BNC) 111 North-westerly from the cross-cut the level was driven 20 fathoms to another cross-course.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	north-westerly
释义	north-westerlyadj.n. Brit. /ˌnɔːθˈwɛstəli/, U.S. /nɔrθˈwɛstərli/ Forms: see north adv., adj., and n. and westerly adj. and n. Also occasionally with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: north adj., westerly adj. Etymology: < north adj. + westerly adj., after north-west adj. A. adj. 1. Situated in the north-west, located to the north-west of a point of reference; (also) directed or moving towards the north-west. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > North-west > [adjective] north-westeOE nor'-westa1500 north-westerly1577 north-western1577 north-westward1703 north-westwardly1769 north-west1870 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. iii. f. 69^v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The Swale..meeteth with sundrye other rylles in one botome, whereof the northwesterley is called Cawdebec: the south Easterly Kebecke. 1698 tr. L. Hennepin New Discov. in Amer. 353 They..were come to the River of St. Magdalen, being the North-Westerly end of the Gulf. 1728 Philos. Trans. 1726–7 (Royal Soc.) 34 134 When the Colours vanish'd here, they began to appear in the North-Westerly Arch, which was now become a portion of a larger Circle than before. 1749 Town Records, Marlborough, Mass. in Cent. Dict. A committee of seven men to apportion the school in six societies or squadrons,..taking the northwesterly corner for one squadron. 1815 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 105 185 It would seem that the north-westerly current, by Scilly, did not..balance the easterly current round Cape Ortegal. 1845 E. A. Poe Tales 12 We..proceeded in a northwesterly direction, through a tract of country excessively wild and desolate. 1885 H. R. Haggard King Solomon's Mines viii. 121 All that afternoon we travelled on along the magnificent roadway, which headed steadily in a north-westerly direction. 1911 C. Thomas & J. R. Swanton Indian Langs. Mexico & Central Amer. (U.S. Bureau of Amer. Ethnol. Bull. No. 44) 77 Mangue..was the most northwesterly tribe of the series. 1943 Rev. Econ. Stud. 11 10 It is always possible for a town to move in a North-Westerly direction if it cares. 1991 Jrnl. Hist. of Collections 3 283/1 Peddling the debased products of a Mediterranean and classical culture upon the remote north-westerly coast of Scotland. 2. Of a wind: blowing from the north-west. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > from specific point of compass southeOE northeOE northerneOE easternOE southernOE south-easternOE north-easternOE westernOE south-westernOE southena1325 north-east1379 east-north-easta1398 east-south-easta1398 north-north-easta1398 north-westa1398 south-southeasta1398 south-westc1400 south-easta1425 nor'-westa1500 south-southwesta1522 north-westera1525 northerlya1544 southerly1550 south-southeast?1560 south-easterly1577 north-north-west1601 subprincipal1601 southernly1610 north-westerly1611 easternly1614 northernly1632 westwardly1653 northwardly1654 north-easterly1686 southwardly1693 southwesterly1703 eastling1725 south-southeasterly1803 westland1818 south-southwesterly1822 north-western1829 north-north-easterly1831 southwesterly1883 nor-nor-east1891 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Galerneux, north-westerlie. 1683 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 13 14 When strong North-Westerly or Northerly Winds blow, which bring in an Extraordinary Floud from the Northern Seas. 1709 Philos. Trans. 1708–09 (Royal Soc.) 26 310 After a..Fair still Day, Wind North-Westerly, about half an Hour after Eight in the Evening, there appeared a very strange Light in the North. 1728 Philos. Trans. 1726–7 (Royal Soc.) 34 135 Some that were making their Observations from a high open Place, assur'd me, that it [sc. the wind] was North-westerly. 1796 R. Bage Hermsprong III. x. 89 He will beat half Newmarket when the wind is down, and north westerly. 1823 J. F. Cooper Pioneers II. ii. 37 A driving, north-westerly storm succeeded; and before the sun was set, every vestige of spring had vanished. 1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 38 The avant-courier of a northwesterly gale. 1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel xxii. 208 The wind had changed, and was settling down to a comfortable north-westerly breeze. 1942 Sci. Monthly Sept. 241/2 Several coastal stations..were about 20° less cold than areas only 200 miles inland, despite a north-westerly wind blowing toward the Coast. 1992 Today (BNC) Dec. A polar airstream has swept across the country on strong north-westerly winds. B. n. A wind blowing from the north-west. Frequently in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind with reference to direction > winds from specific compass points > north-west Caurusc1374 north-west1440 nor'-wester1703 north-wester1728 Jack Northwester1749 north-westerly1930 1930 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 129 425 It will consist of a zone of south-westerly winds sweeping round the earth from west to east... followed by a zone of north-westerlies. 1960 Limnol. & Oceanogr. 5 54 The reported surface winds for 1956 indicated that the prevailing north-westerlies became of significant velocity and persistence for the occurrence of upwelling during June. 1991 Argus (Cape Town) 16 Apr. 6/6 The..oil tanker was anchored 3,5 miles southeast of Roman Rock, the traditional safe anchorage in winter when north-westerlies make Table Bay dangerous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). north-westerlyadv. Brit. /ˌnɔːθˈwɛstəli/, U.S. /nɔrθˈwɛstərli/ Forms: also occasionally with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: north-westerly adj. Etymology: < north-westerly adj., after westerly adv. †1. With reference to the wind: from the north-west. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1708 London Gaz. No. 4446/3 We have Tided it with the Merchant Ships..to this Place with small Gales North-Westerly. 2. At or towards the north-west; in a north-westerly direction or position. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > North-west > [adverb] north-westOE north-westlOE north-westwarda1387 nor'-west?c1475 north-westwards1677 north-westerly1702 north-westwardly1752 north-north-westwards1903 1702 E. Knights Deed 23 May in L. B. Chapman York Deeds (1892) VII. f. 40 A certain piece or parcel of Salt-Marsh and thatch..bounded..Northeasterly & Northwesterly by a great Creek. 1740 Pennsylvania Gaz. 24 Apr. South by Dorothy Metcalf's Land Eighty Chains to a fourth Corner, from thence North Westerly Eighty degrees. 1792 Pennsylvania Gaz. 18 Jan. The next communication North-westerly to Nescopeck, is provided for by former grants of the legislature. 1835 H. W. Herbert Brothers I. ix. 170 The traces of the four remaining riders were plainly visible, running north-westerly down to the river-bank. a1862 H. D. Thoreau Maine Woods (1864) iii. 277 Its axis of elevation extended from northwest to southeast, exactly like that of the great rocky ridge at the commencement of the Burnt Ground, ten miles northwesterly. 1888 Cent. Mag. Dec. 291/1 Some two or three miles west or north-westerly of Georgetown. 1911 G. K. Chesterton Ballad White Horse 158 A line was drawn north-westerly..Giving all lands by the northern sea To the sons of the northern star. 1965 G. J. Williams Econ. Geol. N.Z. vii. 80/1 The gold is distributed over the schist bottom in more or less orientated paystreaks trending north-westerly. 1986 E. G. Holland Coniston Copper (BNC) 111 North-westerly from the cross-cut the level was driven 20 fathoms to another cross-course. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1577adv.1702
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