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Nor'-east

noun
1.
The compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees.  Synonyms: NE, northeast, northeastward.
adverb
1.
To, toward, or in the northeast.  Synonyms: north-east, northeast.



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"Nor'-east" Quotes from Famous Books



... morning, Guida and her fellow-voyagers, bound for the Ecrehos Rocks, had caught the first ebb of the tide, and with a fair wind from the sou'-west had skirted the coast, ridden lightly over the Banc des Violets, and shaped their course nor'-east. Guida kept the helm all the way, as she had been promised by Ranulph. It was still more than half tide when they approached the rocks, and with a fair wind there should be ...
— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker


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