north-wester

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• wester

  , or waster. A kind of trident used for striking salmon in the north. ...

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• North

  ·adv <<Northward>>. II. North ·vi To turn or move toward the north; to veer from the east or west t...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• north

  From the Anglo-Saxon nord. ...

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• south-wester

  A useful water-proof hat for bad weather. ...

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• North country

  A general name for the countries that lay north of Palestine. Most of the invading armies entered Pa...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• North Alley

  In Basinghall Street (P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps. ...

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• North Buildings

  In Eldon Street, Finsbury (L.C.C. List, 1901). Not named in the maps. ...

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• North Court

  Out of St. John's Court, Smithfield (Wheatley). So named after John North, uncle of Sir Dudley Nort...

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• North Street

  South out of Ropemaker Street to White Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799-O.S. 1880)...

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• north allertons

  Spurs; that place, like Rippon, being famous for making them. ...

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• following, north or south

  See quadrant. ...

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• north following

  For this and north preceding, see quadrant. ...

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• north sea

  The Jamaica name for the north swell. (See ground-sea.) ...

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• north wind

  This wind in the British seas is dry and cold, and generally ushers in fair weather and clear skies....

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• North Star State

  ·add. ·- Minnesota; — a nickname. ...

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• North, Sir Thomas

  (1535?-1601?) Translator, 2nd s. of the 1st Lord N., may have studied at Camb. He entered Lincoln's...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• North London Railway

  North from Liverpool Street along the western boundary of Bishopsgate Ward Without to the northern b...

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• north-away yawl

  The old term for Norway yawl (which see). ...

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• north-east passage

  To the Pacific, or round the north of Europe, has been divided into three parts, thus: 1. From Arc...

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• north-west passage

  By Hudson's Bay into the Pacific Ocean has been more than once attempted of late years, but hitherto...

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• north passage to the indies

  The grand object of our maritime expeditions at a remote period, prosecuted with a boldness, dexteri...

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• Gun Yard, Little Tower Hill, North

  North out of Little Tower Hill (O. and M. 1677). Site has been rebuilt. ...

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