south-southwestadv.n.adj.

?c1475 in J. Gairdner Sailing Direct. (1889) 12 Than go your cours with the horse shoo south southwest.

c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. liiij/2 Fro porte Iaf to port de larysa south south west C.ixx. [perh. read C.lxx.] myles.

1580 H. Smith in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) ii. 468 The wind did Wester, so that we lay South southwest with a flawne sheete.

1610 True Declar. Plantation Virginia 9 Shaping his course South-south-west to the height of thirty degrees.

1690 T. D'Urfey Collin's Walk i. 16 He knew that Land lying South South West, Still for the Purchaser was best.

a1701 H. Maundrell Acct. Journey from Aleppo in Journey to Jerusalem (1721) 6 Its Course is South South West.

1790 Coll. Voy. round World I. vi. 151 We discovered land from the mast head, bearing south-south-west.

1826 T. Allen Hist. & Antiq. Parish Lambeth i. 4 They pass about south south-west to the road leading from London to Croydon.

1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 215/2 18 miles south-south-west from Bury.

1910 Science 15 July 95/2 Many of the conspicuous mountain-ridges, lakes, and drainage lines strike north-northeast and south-southwest.

1958 Geogr. Jrnl. 124 151 Proceeding south-south-west from Melbourne, the Kista Dan encountered pack ice on january 5.

2007 S. Benson et al. Peru (Lonely Planet) 395/1 There are more exciting views if you turn south-southwest and follow the right bank of the Rio Janca.

?c1475 in J. Gairdner Sailing Direct. (1889) 12 (MED) At the northhede of Godewyn the streme renneth to the south south west.

1555 R. Eden Disc. Vyage rounde Worlde in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 229^v [It] runneth to the quarter of south southwest, and north northeast.

1635 W. Saltonstall tr. G. Mercator Historia Mundi 245 Gallia or France..is more than 300. G. French miles long from the West straight forward unto the East: or from the South-South-West unto the South-South-East above 330.

1698 tr. L. Hennepin New Discov. in Amer. i. xxxvi. 148 The Meschasipi runs to the South-South-West, between two Rows of Mountains.

1706 tr. E. Y. Ides Three Years Trav. Moscow to China vii. 28 The River Ilni..runneth from the South South-West to the North North-West.

1780 W. Tooke tr. J. G. Georgi Russia III. 127 Stony and barren mountains..run toward the south south-west.

1827 J. Holmes Hist. United Brethren (ed. 2) ii. 101 The coast..now turned to the south-south-west.

1860 W. Cathrall Guide through N. Wales viii. 282 There is a track from the Llyn to Wynnstay Arms, 5 miles distant on the south-south-west.

1900 Westm. Gaz. 22 Aug. 10/1 The south-south-west of Natal.

1997 Nature 1 May 29/2 In the absence of celestial cues on overcast days..monarchs still manage to orient toward the south-southwest.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid in Wks. (1874) II. 284 And Affricus is takin for plat west wynd, that is bot sowth sowthwest.

1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. iii. 7 b The rest then departed,..making their waye into the Sea, with a South southwest winde.

1657 J. Howell Londinopolis 378 When the wind is South South-West, it [sc. a clock] may be heard into any part of London.

1684 Voy. Capt. Sharp 20 We still ply to windward under the shoar,..the wind South South West, Cloudy.

1794 J. Rivett Introd. Geogr., Astrol., & Use of Globes (ed. 2) 55 Between Madagascar and Africa..there is a constant fresh south south-west wind.

1877 Commissioners for making Improvem. in Port of Calcutta 29 Strong south south-west breezes.

1897 Jrnl. & Proc. Royal Soc. New S. Wales 3 258 At 8 am on the 24th it again freshened to a moderate south-south-west gale which continued until noon of the 25th.

1950 Times 30 June 4/2 In yesterday's event, sailed in a south-south-west breeze, 38 boats started.

2003 M. Pearson Indian Ocean i. 22 In January they picked up a faint south-southwest wind.

?1574 W. Bourne Regiment for Sea ii. sig. D It floweth at Grauesend: a South Southwest Moone.

1639 E. Chilmead tr. R. Hues Learned Treat. Globes v. 176 You must saile..to the Canary Islands by the South South-west Rumbe.

1683 in H. W. Richardson York Deeds (Maine) (1888) IV. fol. 1 From that sd bounds, on a South South West poynt, neare Ninety six rodds.

1723 H. Wilson Speculum Mundi To Rdr. The Figure of the Sun with a small Thread of Light on the South, or South South-West Side of the Sun's Body.

1762 New Acct. Inhabitants, Trade, & Govt. Spain 50 On the south south-west point is a ridge of rocks.

1838 B. Worthington Proposed Plan for improving Dover Harbour 94 The pier-head lies in a south south-west direction.

1865 H. B. Medlicott Geol. Struct. ii. 48 in Mem. Geol. Surv. India III. The ridge of Gharog belongs to the south-south-west dip of the Simla ridge.

1915 North Coast of France Pilot 360 The south-southwest bank is 500 yards wide within the 20-fathom curve.

1954 Times 10 Dec. 14/5 Farnham Station 2 miles, on high ground with south-south-west aspect.

2005 P. S. Martin Twilight of Mammoths iii. 67 On the north-northeast side of a desert mountain, the lower limit of most plants is roughly 2000 feet below their lower limit on the south-southwest side.