west southwest

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west southwest - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  West \West\, n. [AS. west, adv.; akin to D. west, G. west,
     westen, OHG. westan, Icel. vestr, Sw. vest, vester, vestan,
     Dan. vest, vesten, and perhaps to L. vesper evening, Gr. ?.
     ????. Cf. Vesper, Visigoth.]
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     1. The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to set at
        the equinox; or, the corresponding point on the earth;
        that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which
        is in a direction at right angles to that of north and
        south, and on the left hand of a person facing north; the
        point directly opposite to east.
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              And fresh from the west is the free wind's breath.
                                                    --Bryant.
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     2. A country, or region of country, which, with regard to
        some other country or region, is situated in the direction
        toward the west.
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     3. Specifically:
        (a) The Westen hemisphere, or the New World so called, it
            having been discovered by sailing westward from
            Europe; the Occident.
        (b) (U. S. Hist. & Geog.) Formerly, that part of the
            United States west of the Alleghany mountains; now,
            commonly, the whole region west of the Mississippi
            river; esp., that part which is north of the Indian
            Territory, New Mexico, etc. Usually with the definite
            article.
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     West by north, West by south, according to the notation
        of the mariner's compass, that point which lies 111/4[deg]
        to the north or south, respectively, of the point due
        west.
  
     West northwest, West southwest, that point which lies
        221/2[deg] to the north or south of west, or halfway
        between west and northwest or southwest, respectively. See
        Illust. of Compass.
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west southwest - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  west southwest
      n 1: the compass point midway between west and southwest [syn:
           west southwest, WSW]