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nor'wester
nor'wester (ˌnɔːˈwɛstə) n1. (Clothing & Fashion) a less common name for sou'wester2. a drink of strong liquor3. (Physical Geography) a strong northwest wind4. (Physical Geography) NZ a hot dry wind from the Southern Alps[C18 (in the sense: storm from the northwest): a contraction of northwester]nor'wester
nor'wester[nȯr′wes·tər] (meteorology) northwester nor'wester![nor'wester](file://ENCYDOPEDIA/f0455-02.jpg) A northwest wind. More often refers to the widespread line squalls occurring in the West Bengal, Orissa, and Bihar regions of India during premonsoon seasons. These occur in the afternoons and the early part of the night and generate very high-speed winds and a large quantity of precipitation. Also spelled northwester. |