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northwest
(mass) | Northwest
- severozápadný, Severozápad |
north-west
(encz) | north-west,severozápad Jaroslav Šedivý |
Northwest
(gcide) | Northwest \North`west"\, adv.
Toward the northwest.
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Northwest
(gcide) | Northwest \North`west"\, n. [AS. nor[eth]west.]
1. The point in the horizon between the north and west, and
equally distant from each; the northwest part or region.
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2. The northwestern part of the contiguous forty-eight states
of the United States, especially the states of Washington
and Oregon. [U.S.]
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Northwest
(gcide) | Northwest \North`west"\, a.
1. Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between
the north and west; being in the northwest; toward the
northwest, or coming from the northwest; as, the northwest
coast.
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2. Coming from the northwest; as, a northwest wind.
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Northwest passage, a passage or communication by sea
between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north
coast of America, long sought for by navigators.
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north-west
(wn) | north-west
adv 1: to, toward, or in the northwest [syn: northwest,
north-west, nor'-west] |
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northwest
(mass) | Northwest
- severozápadný, Severozápad |
north-westerly
(encz) | north-westerly,severozápadní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
north-western
(encz) | north-western,severozápadní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Northwest
(gcide) | Northwest \North`west"\, adv.
Toward the northwest.
[1913 Webster]Northwest \North`west"\, n. [AS. nor[eth]west.]
1. The point in the horizon between the north and west, and
equally distant from each; the northwest part or region.
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2. The northwestern part of the contiguous forty-eight states
of the United States, especially the states of Washington
and Oregon. [U.S.]
[PJC]Northwest \North`west"\, a.
1. Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between
the north and west; being in the northwest; toward the
northwest, or coming from the northwest; as, the northwest
coast.
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2. Coming from the northwest; as, a northwest wind.
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Northwest passage, a passage or communication by sea
between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north
coast of America, long sought for by navigators.
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Northwest passage
(gcide) | Northwest \North`west"\, a.
1. Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between
the north and west; being in the northwest; toward the
northwest, or coming from the northwest; as, the northwest
coast.
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2. Coming from the northwest; as, a northwest wind.
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Northwest passage, a passage or communication by sea
between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north
coast of America, long sought for by navigators.
[1913 Webster]Passage \Pas"sage\, n. [F. passage. See Pass, v. i.]
1. The act of passing; transit from one place to another;
movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or
through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the
passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the
passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the
body.
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What! are my doors opposed against my passage!
--Shak.
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2. Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water,
carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or
means, of passing; conveyance.
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The ship in which he had taken passage. --Macaulay.
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3. Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's
passage.
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4. Removal from life; decease; departure; death. [R.] "Endure
thy mortal passage." --Milton.
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When he is fit and season'd for his passage. --Shak.
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5. Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one
passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit.
Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a
building; a hall; a corridor.
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And with his pointed dart
Explores the nearest passage to his heart. --Dryden.
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The Persian army had advanced into the . . .
passages of Cilicia. --South.
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6. A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or
continuous series; as, the passage of time.
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The conduct and passage of affairs. --Sir J.
Davies.
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The passage and whole carriage of this action.
--Shak.
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7. A separate part of a course, process, or series; an
occurrence; an incident; an act or deed. "In thy passages
of life." --Shak.
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The . . . almost incredible passage of their
unbelief. --South.
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8. A particular portion constituting a part of something
continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical
composition; a paragraph; a clause.
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How commentators each dark passage shun. --Young.
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9. Reception; currency. [Obs.] --Sir K. Digby.
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10. A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms.
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No passages of love
Betwixt us twain henceforward evermore. --Tennyson.
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11. A movement or an evacuation of the bowels.
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12. In parliamentary proceedings:
(a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.)
through the several stages of consideration and
action; as, during its passage through Congress the
bill was amended in both Houses.
(b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from
one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp.,
the final affirmative action of the body upon a
proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the
passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed.
"The passage of the Stamp Act." --D. Hosack.
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The final question was then put upon its
passage. --Cushing.
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In passage, in passing; cursorily. "These . . . have been
studied but in passage." --Bacon.
Middle passage, Northeast passage, Northwest passage.
See under Middle, Northeast, etc.
Of passage, passing from one place, region, or climate, to
another; migratory; -- said especially of birds. "Birds of
passage." --Longfellow.
Passage hawk, a hawk taken on its passage or migration.
Passage money, money paid for conveyance of a passenger, --
usually for carrying passengers by water.
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Syn: Vestibule; hall; corridor. See Vestibule.
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Northwester
(gcide) | Northwester \North`west"er\, n.
A storm or gale from the northwest; a strong northwest wind.
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Northwesterly
(gcide) | Northwesterly \North`west"er*ly\, a.
Toward the northwest, or from the northwest.
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Northwestern
(gcide) | Northwestern \North`west"ern\, a.
Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction
toward the northwest; coming from the northwest;
northwesterly; as, a northwestern course.
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Northwestward
(gcide) | Northwestward \North`west"ward\, Northwestwardly
\North`west"ward*ly\, adv.
Toward the northwest.
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Northwestwardly
(gcide) | Northwestward \North`west"ward\, Northwestwardly
\North`west"ward*ly\, adv.
Toward the northwest.
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West northwest
(gcide) | 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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