NORTHEAST

n. a. adv.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

The point between the north and east, at an equal distance from each; the northeast part or region.

2.
a.

Of or pertaining to the northeast; proceeding toward the northeast, or coming from that point; as, a northeast course; a northeast wind. Northeast passage, a passage or communication by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north coast of Asia.

3.
adv.

Toward the northeast.

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