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SW

noun
1.
The compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees.  Synonyms: sou'-west, southwest, southwestward.






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"SW" Quotes from Famous Books



... Sherd Raines," she said, in low, unsteady tones, " I know you air religious, 'n' I know as how, when y'u give yer word, you'll do what you say. Now, I want ye to hold up yer right hand and sw'ar that you'll never tell a livin' soul that you ...
— A Mountain Europa • John Fox Jr.

... The change begins with rain. A very light wind from the northward (NE. or N.) will spring up, and may last for a day or two; then it becomes unsettled and with rain changes to the westward. But this initial wind may come from the NW., W., SW., or S. This movement of the wind from the northward to westward or southward generally happens when the weather is settled and the wind is light, or in the warm season (spring, summer and autumn); but sometimes it happens in unsettled weather, in which case the rain pours down at once and the wind ...
— Three Years in Tristan da Cunha • K. M. Barrow

... want to intrude, sar," said the ex-merchant in slaves, "but I come to tell you what you'd orter know. Th' news of th' fire, last night, hev set ev'rybody wild. They're lookin' to you, sar, to sw'ar out a warrant for Joe Lorey an' set th' ...
— In Old Kentucky • Edward Marshall and Charles T. Dazey

... horse," stated the driver. "Leastways, not near him. There was no cover. He might have been around a p'int. And I can sw'ar to this: there weren't no tracks of no kind from ...
— The Killer • Stewart Edward White



Words linked to "SW" :   southwestward, point, sou'-west, compass point



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