Nōrth-wĕst’1, n.
n. [A S. nordhwest.] The point in the horizon between the north and west, and equally distant from each.
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n. [A S. nordhwest.] The point in the horizon between the north and west, and equally distant from each.
a. 1. Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between the north and west; being in the north-west; as, the north-west coast. 2. Proceeding from the north-west; as, a north-west wind.