温馨提示:本站仅提供公开网络链接索引服务,不存储、不篡改任何第三方内容,所有内容版权归原作者所有
AI智能索引来源:http://www.wehd.com/87/South-westerly.html
点击访问原文链接

South-westerly. World English Historical Dictionary

South-westerly. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1919, rev. 2025. South-westerly a. and adv. [f. SOUTH-WEST, after WESTERLY.]

1   A.  adj. a. Of the wind: Blowing from the south-west. b. Tending south-westward.

2 1708.  Sewel, Du. Dict., II. Zuydwestelyk, south-westerly.

3 1731.  Miller, Gard. Dict., s.v. Wind, The North-East Trade Wind below will be attended with a South-westerly above.

4 1840.  R. H. Dana, Bef. Mast, vii. A steady though light southwesterly wind.

5 1869.  Dunkin, Midn. Sky, 59. A south-westerly direction.

6   transf.  1883.  J. D. Jerrold Kelly, in Harper’s Mag., Aug., 441/2. One murky south-westerly Saturday night.

7   B.  adv. South-westwardly.

8 1792.  Morse, Amer. Geog., 50. These mountains extend north-easterly and south-westerly.

9 1883.  American, VII. 168. The party now headed southwesterly for the Siberian coast.

10 © 2025 WEHD.com

智能索引记录