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Northwest \North`west"\, adv.
Toward the northwest.
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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 \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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