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Northwestward

noun
1.
The compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees.  Synonyms: nor'-west, northwest, NW.






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"Northwestward" Quotes from Famous Books



... Sweeping northwestward to zeta, we encounter a celebrated binary, to separate which at present requires the higher powers of a six-inch glass. The magnitudes are three and six and a half, distance in 1899, 0.6", p. 264 ...
— Pleasures of the telescope • Garrett Serviss

... Jan faltered only twice or thrice, and then not for long. Within ten minutes he was on the open prairie, heading northwestward, as for Long Lake, his pace steady and increasing now, his deep-flewed muzzle low ...
— Jan - A Dog and a Romance • A. J. Dawson



Words linked to "Northwestward" :   nor'-west, NW, northwestwardly, compass point, point, northwest, north



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