A southwester, which is usually pronounced and sometimes spelled. From Wordnik.com. [Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue and Their Shetland Pony] Reference
Lee County, Florida is in the southwester, part of the state. From Wordnik.com. [The Reno Gazette Journal goes white, very white.] Reference
Meanwhile, we had a cold November followed by one chinook/southwester/easterly after another. From Wordnik.com. [Making Light: Snowpocalypse Part Next] Reference
He was like a grampus when he set his teeth, and a southwester couldn't blow harder if he chose. From Wordnik.com. [The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance] Reference
The vessel was bowling along under a brisk southwester, which he found had been blowing steadily almost from the moment he had left the helm. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
The party of strangers who had cards to fish were before us, but they are on the wrong side, trying vainly to send their flies in the face of the southwester, which whirls their casting-lines back over their heads. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools] Reference
Based on our experiences in the first sounding, the necessary preparations were taken to enable the team to reach an ever greater depth in the second sounding just outside the southwester corner pillar of frigidarium 1. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Roman Baths Report 3] Reference
A strong man with a southwester on his head had stepped in. From Wordnik.com. [Paras. 300399] Reference
A strong southwester was beating against the windows and doors of. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Partners] Reference
Till the rains came, and far breaking, on the fierce southwester tost. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Poetical Works] Reference
The early rains, driven by a strong southwester against the upper windows of the Magnolia. From Wordnik.com. [Trent's Trust, and Other Stories] Reference
Heavy southwester wind paralyzed transportation in Marmara region and west part of the country. From Wordnik.com. [TODAY'S ZAMAN :: News] Reference
We spring out of our berths, clap on a monkey-jacket and southwester, and tumble up the ladder. From Wordnik.com. [Two Years Before the Mast] Reference
It was easier than a southwester would have been, but that was the best that could be said for it. From Wordnik.com. [More Jonathan Papers] Reference
We spring out of our berths, clap on a monkey-jacket and southwester, and tumble up the ladder. From Wordnik.com. [Two Years Before the Mast] Reference
For about 12 miles of its length, the eastern shore of Chautauqua Lake forms the southwester boundary of Ellery. From Wordnik.com. [Post-Journal] Reference
On the 2nd September a fierce southwester drove Admiral Oquendo in his galleon, together with one of the great galeasses, two large. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
Amyas could not sail the next day, or the day after; for the southwester freshened, and blew three parts of a gale dead into the bay. From Wordnik.com. [Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth] Reference
One afternoon, when I was watching the slanting volleys of rain driven by a strong southwester against the windows of the hotel reading-room. From Wordnik.com. [The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales] Reference
She knew that this meant a southwester, and began, with a certain mechanical deliberation, to set her little domain in order against the coming gale. From Wordnik.com. [Sally Dows] Reference
Those who had no southwester caps made them; and several of the crew got up for themselves tarpaulin jackets and trousers, lined on the inside with flannel. From Wordnik.com. [Two Years Before the Mast] Reference
The weather service said the Des Plaines River near Des Plaines and Riverside and the Kankakee River in the far southwester suburbs are at an especially high risk of flooding. From Wordnik.com. [A1 HOME PAGE Top Stories 1] Reference
It started early in the month with a grinding southwester that shoved all the cold air out of the Puget Sound area and even blew away Eastern Washington's usual bowl full of cold air. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
I got my oil-cloth clothes, southwester, and thick boots ready, and turned into my hammock early, determined to get some sleep in advance, as the boat was to be alongside before daybreak. From Wordnik.com. [Two Years Before the Mast] Reference
It had run out of the shed admirably at nine or ten miles an hour or more, and although there was a gentle southwester blowing, it had gone up and turned and faced it as well as any craft of the sort I have ever seen. From Wordnik.com. [Tono Bungay] Reference
Patiently thou wilt wait till the mad southwester spend itself, saving thyself by dexterous science of defence the while: valiantly, with swift decision, wilt thou strike in, when the favoring east wind, the possible, springs up. From Wordnik.com. [How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune] Reference
A stout southwester, and Monday was a most disagreeable day. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman who went to Alaska] Reference
A thick-set man in a fisherman's costume of brown oilskins and a southwester pulled down as though to hide his features, obviously the man who had dealt him the blow. From Wordnik.com. [The Devil's Paw] Reference
A fierce southwester, beating down their frail lodge and scattering it abroad, quenching their camp-fire, and rolling up the bay until it invaded their reedy island and hissed in their ears. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Redwoods] Reference
I like the southwester theme of this one!. From Wordnik.com. [Recipe Favorites: Southwestern Egg Casserole] Reference
"Here I am yet, wind-bound, with a tremendous southwester directly in our teeth. From Wordnik.com. [Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II] Reference
Bloomington and all of southwester. From Wordnik.com. [TMNews.com] Reference
For the mild southwester mischief brews. From Wordnik.com. [Hannah Binding Shoes] Reference
Posted by: southwester of busselton 11: 56am today. From Wordnik.com. [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
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