nor'west

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Ahunui is another hundred miles on to the nor'west.

THE SEED OF McCOY 2010
"Well, then, he barked suddenly, like an excited terrier," the chart gives a whole mess of islands off to the nor'west.

THE SEED OF McCOY 2010
If we built the blind against the low pressure ridge near where poor Lieutenant Gore was laid to rest, sir, well, we'd have that nice great expanse of open ice to the nor'west as a killing zone.

The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007
It was getting darker quickly now and the wind was holding out of the nor'west.

The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007
The nor'west winds and fields of ice down on our vessel bore.

The Lady of the Lake 1996
That should carry them neatly to the southern tip of Yona, then they'd swing nor'west and come up the coast back to Favor Bay.

The Rowan McCaffrey, Anne 1990
"Call me the moment the wind comes nor'west by west," said Hornblower to Bush as soon as he reached the deck.

Hornblower And The Hotspur Forester, C. S. 1962
"Make it west nor'west," replied Hornblower, his eye still to the telescope.

Hornblower And The Hotspur Forester, C. S. 1962
"Wind's steady at west nor'west, sir," said Newton.

Hornblower And The Hotspur Forester, C. S. 1962
The stubble was white in the fields, and the leaves red and brown and yellow, still holding here and there to the trees, a great night with a touch of frost for the kail, and the half of a gale coming out the nor'west.

The McBrides A Romance of Arran John Sillars