nor'-west

So now you find Flashy beating nor'-west by south or whatever the proper nautical jargon may be, thundering amain o'er the trackless waste o 'waters — which I did by dossing for fourteen hours straight off, and if there was a typhoon it was all one to me.

Flashman and the Dragon

So now you find Flashy beating nor'-west by south or whatever the proper nautical jargon may be, thundering amain o'er the trackless waste o 'waters - which I did by dossing for fourteen hours straight off, and if there was a typhoon it was all one to me.

Flashman And The Dragon

That armoury in the nor'-west tower, there-aye, well, some clever feller has laid a powder-train to he magazine, and there's enough loose powder lying about to give an artilleryman the trots-with a burned-out slow fuse in the middle of it!

Flashman and The Redskins

It is going to blow hard too, though that is no great matter, as we are sheltered by banks on the sou'-west and nor'-west sides, the likely quarters.

The Riddle of the Sands

Towards evening a nor'-west course was set, which the troops generally accepted as sufficient evidence that Colombo would be the next port of call.

The Tale of a Trooper

Catshole, an 'over Brown Willy, an' round Roughtor to the nor'-west: an 'there lies the bravest quag -- oh, a black, bottomless hole!

The Splendid Spur

Well, the water on board was beginning to smell; so he ran in through the nor'-west entrance of Providence

Lady Good-for-Nothing

Far over between the Nez du Guet and the sprawling granite pack of the Dirouilles, was the Admiralty yacht winging to the nor'-west.

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker

A fine nor'-west breeze had come that would lift our dreaded rival far to the south'ard on her way round Cape Horn!

Great Sea Stories

The _Hilda_ was doing well before a steady nor'-west wind, but the weather -- though nothing misty -- was dark as a pall.

Great Sea Stories