Southwest
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. Lying in the direction of the southwest; as a southwest country.
2. Coming from the southwest; as a southwest wind.
The point of the compass equally distant from the south and west.
Southwest
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest; proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest; as, a southwest wind.
The point of the compass equally from the south and the west; the southwest part or region.
2. A
hat made of painted
canvas, oiled cloth, or the like, with a
flap at the back, -- worn in
stormy weather.
1. In the direction of
southwest, or nearly so.
2. Coming from the
southwest, or a point near it; as a southwesterly wind.
To ward or from the
southwest; as, a southwesterly course; a southwesterly wind.
