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▪ I. south-ˈwester, n.
Also southwester.
[f. prec. + -er1. Cf. sou'-wester.]
1. A wind or gale blowing from the south-west.
1833T. Hook Parson's Dau. iii. xi, He felt a longing hope that he might fall in with the Dolly in the Channel, although the prevalence of the south-westers rendered it improbable. 1855Kingsley Westw. Ho! viii, The south⁓wester freshened, and blew three parts of a gale dead into the bay. 1868Rep. U.S. Commissioner Agric. (1869) 176 Logs of all sizes lie..where they are thrown upon the shore by the October southwesters.
2. a. A large oilskin or waterproof hat or cap worn by seamen to protect the head and neck during rough or wet weather.
So Du. zuidwester, G. südwester.
1836R. S. Surtees Let. in A. Mathews Mem. Charles Mathews (1839) IV. ix. 193 Throwing aside his hat, he put on one of the boatman's ‘south-westers’. 1840R. H. Dana Bef. Mast iv, We were glad to..put on our thick clothing, boots, and southwesters. 1845Disraeli Sybil ii. xiv, [He] was shaking the wet off an oilskin hat known by the name of a ‘south-wester’. 1883Cent. Mag. XXVI. 947 The six oil-jackets and south-westers.
b. attrib. with cap, hat.
1831Ann. Reg. 113 He wore a smock frock..and a south⁓wester cap. 1840R. H. Dana Bef. Mast x, We had on oil⁓cloth suits and southwester caps.
3. A (White) inhabitant of Namibia (formerly known as South West Africa).
1976Times 21 Aug. 13/3 South Africa's original plans to break up South West Africa into eight or nine mini-states, of which the only viable ones would be a ‘ranchistan’ containing the 99,000 rich German, Afrikaans and English-speaking ‘Southwesters’, and Ovamboland. 1978Guardian Weekly 7 May 6/2 The Teutonic calm of Windhoek... Like their White Rhodesian counterparts most ‘Southwesters’ as they call themselves have yet to grasp the dimension of the change.
▪ II. south-ˈwester, v. rare—1.
[f. south-west adv.]
intr. To move towards the south-west.
a1861A. H. Clough Poems (1888) 95 [The sun] Scuth-westering now, thro' windows plainly glassed, On the inside face his radiance keen hath cast. |