nor'east

• “I called it the nor'east because of the nor'easter.”

  CNN Transcript Apr 16, 2007

• “Yes, this storm is shattering records across the nor'east, the Northeast.”

  CNN Transcript Apr 16, 2007

• “And with the mostly uncharted bulk of arctic Canada to their south, King William Land to their southwest, and Boothia Peninsula beyond their reach to the east and nor'east, there was no real ice drift here — as Crozier's and Fitzjames's and Reid's and Blanky's repeated sun and star sextant readings kept telling them — just a sickening pivot around a fifteen-mile circumference.”

  The Terror

• “In the open places where the shrieking nor'east wind had been able to rage fully, there were drifts like ocean waves.”

  The Dark Tower

• “They were east, nor'east of Bailey Bridge, just south of Sallford Station.”

  The Manchester Canal

• “About five miles nor'east of Nuggur Ford," says he.”

  Flashman And The Mountain Of Light

• “Nor' nor'east, an 'steady as she goes,' called the quartermaster.”

  Shadowfane

• “Take station within sight bearing east nor'east, sir.”

  Hornblower And The Hotspur

• “Blair's place is only about three miles from here -- nor'east -- they're on the long-distance 'phone.”

  The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police

• “You take a general direction nor'east from here at first.”

  A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts

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