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south-ˈwestern, a. and n.
[OE. súðwesterne (see south adv. and western a.), = OHG. sundwestrôni.]
A. adj.
1. Of the wind: Blowing from the south-west.
c1000Apollonius of Tyre (Thorpe) 11 Se angrislica suð⁓westerna wind him onᵹean stod. 1362Langl. P. Pl. A. v. 14 Þis souþ-Westerne wynt on a Seterday at euen. 1835M. Somerville Connex. Phys. Sci. xv. (ed. 2) 147 The western and south-western gales, so prevalent in our latitudes. 1894Gladstone Horace, Odes i. xiv. 19 Seest not? thy mast How rent by stiff southwestern blast?
2. a. Situated or extending towards the south-west; of or pertaining to the south-west.
1828–32Webster s.v., To sail a southwestern course. 1839Penny Cycl. XV. 345/1 The south-western coast of the island of Sumatra. 1863W. Barnes Dorset Gloss. 9 The main marks of south-western English. 1888M. E. Braddon Fatal Three i. v, It is too warm in this south-western country.
b. U.S. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the south-western states.
1806New Eng. Palladium (Boston) 30 July 2/1 The President appoints the Legislative Councils in our South⁓western Territories. 1832Jrnl. Gen. Convention Prot. Episc. Church 51 Delegates have been chosen to co-operate with Alabama and Louisiana in organizing the contemplated South-Western Diocese. 1973J. M. White Garden Game 150 The walls were whitewashed in simple, South-Western style.
B. n. A wave from the south-west. rare—1.
1872Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 1117 Gareth..could not wholly bring him under, more Than loud Southwesterns, rolling ridge on ridge, The buoy that rides at sea.
Hence south-ˈwesterner, one belonging to the south-west (of the United States, etc.). Also south-ˈwesternmost adv.
1862Ansted Channel Isl. i. iii. 49 The south-westernmost angle. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 799/1 The south-westernmost portion of the region. 1888Cent. Mag. Feb. 502/2 The bulk of the cowboys..are South-westerners. |