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south-west (iou)



south-west adverb, noun, & adjective. OE.
[from SOUTH + WEST adverb.]
A. adverb. In the direction midway between south and west. Foll. by of: further in this direction than. OE.
W. Morris The rook still flies South-west before the wind. Navy News The..trawler Aran Lass, 25 miles south west of the Isle of Man.
b. noun.
(The direction of) the point of the horizon midway between south and west; the compass point corresponding to this. Also, (freq. South-West) the south-western part of a country, region, etc.; spec. (a) N. Amer. the south-western States of the US; (b) Namibia (formerly South West Africa); (c) the part of England regarded as consisting of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, and Wiltshire. OE.
C. Kingsley The vast forest which ringed London round from north-east to south-west. Observer The University College of the South-west is the youngest of our University institutions.
A south-west wind. LME.
Shakespeare Tempest A south-west blow on ye.
C. adjective. Of or pertaining to the south-west; (esp. of a wind) coming from the south-west; situated in, directed towards, or facing the south-west. LME.
M. Linskill The south-west wind blew revivingly. Here's Health Malvern lies at the foot of a range of hills in south-west Worcestershire.
south-wester noun (a) a south-west wind; (b) = SOU'WESTER; (c) a white inhabitant of Namibia (formerly South West Africa): M19.
south-westerly adjective & adverb (a) adjective situated towards or facing the south-west; directed towards the south-west; (esp. of a wind) coming (nearly) from the south-west; (b) adverb in a south-westerly position or direction, towards the south-west: E18.