NORTHWEST

n. a. adv.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

The point in the horizon between the north and west, and equally distant from each; the northwest part or region.

2.
a.

Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between the north and west; being in the northwest; toward the northwest, or coming from the northwest; as, the northwest coast.

3.
a.

Coming from the northwest; as, a northwest wind. Northwest passage, a passage or communication by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north coast of America, long sought for by navigators.

4.
adv.

Toward the northwest.

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