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.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Riddle of the Sands]

But the nor'-west wind a-blowing from the moor ath'art the river.    From Wordnik.com.  [Late Lyrics and Earlier : with Many Other Verses] Reference

The few that had been planted had been cut down by the nor'-west wind as with a scythe.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands] Reference

It wur as fine a five-point Mackinaw as ever kivered the hump-ribs o 'a nor'-west trader.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire] Reference

Thus they move in thousands towards the hills of the west and nor'-west, where they arrive in April.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Crew of the Water Wagtail] Reference

Ramparts of rock protected them from the nor'-west gales, and purling rivulets hummed their lullaby.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Crew of the Water Wagtail] Reference

"The wind's about nor'-west, Captain Chinks," said Monkey, crawling into the cabin from the cook-room.    From Wordnik.com.  [Little Bobtail or The Wreck of the Penobscot.] Reference

"No, sir, not a bit; it's been nor'-west all day, and I don't believe its goin 'to change afore night.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Little Bobtail or The Wreck of the Penobscot.] Reference

It was blowing a fine, fresh, frosty fishing breeze from the nor'-west on a certain afternoon in December.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lively Poll A Tale of the North Sea] Reference

Well, the water on board was beginning to smell; so he ran in through the nor'-west entrance of Providence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lady Good-for-Nothing] Reference

A fine nor'-west breeze had come that would lift our dreaded rival far to the south'ard on her way round Cape Horn!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Great Sea Stories] Reference

The wind now began to blow steadily from the nor'-west; but not so hard as to stop our tryworks for more than an hour.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fighting the Whales] Reference

The wind now began to blow steadily from the nor'-west; but not so hard as to stop our try-works for more than an hour.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fighting the Whales] Reference

"Take a little punch, sir," interrupted the captain, again, whose hard nor'-west face was set in the most demure attention.    From Wordnik.com.  [Homeward Bound or, the Chase] Reference

It is curious that sheep always feed head to wind in a nor'-west gale, whereas they will drift for miles before a sou'-wester.    From Wordnik.com.  [Station Life in New Zealand] Reference

"Do me the favour to turn your eyes here, to the nor'-west You see an opening there that looks like a crouching lion; is it not so?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Homeward Bound or, the Chase] Reference

Catshole, an 'over Brown Willy, an' round Roughtor to the nor'-west: an 'there lies the bravest quag -- oh, a black, bottomless hole!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Splendid Spur] Reference

The answer given was brief and to the point: "A vessel in distress to the nor'-west, supposed to be on the high part of the Shingles Sand!".    From Wordnik.com.  [Battles with the Sea] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tale of a Trooper] Reference

"Bourassin has just come in with the report that they are in great numbers away to the nor'-west, so we will make a fair start first thing in the morning.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains] Reference

I went straight to the binnacle and took the bearin ', which I found to be nor'-west and by west, half west. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy] Reference

'This — is — about where — I — bumped first — worse then nor'-west wind — this — is — nothing.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Riddle of the Sands]

"Les Stevenets," repeated Maxwell -- "yes, of course; there they are, about two and a half miles to the nor'-west of the point.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy] Reference

A revolver as the lash hissed out over the backs of the wincing oxen, and the white tilt rocked over the veld, heading to the nor'-west.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dop Doctor] Reference

Let her fall away, keep her head nor'-west, d'you hear? ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Martin Rattler] Reference

Now, do you see the little island away there to the nor'-west? ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago] Reference

"I should just like to see your four-futt legs wobblin 'about in a nor'-west gale.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan] Reference

"Most like off the nor'-west coast o '' Stralia, among the reefs and islands there.    From Wordnik.com.  [King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale] Reference

I called you at once, but she had changed her course to nor'-west and we lost sight of her. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Madman and the Pirate] Reference

You're -- yes -- that's where you are, just at the nor'-west corner, and the moat turns there. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Castellan A Tale of the English Civil War] Reference

Wind's nor'-west now, and has been all day, but I shouldn't wonder if it chopped right round, and then -- ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise] Reference

This opening to the nor'-west, then, is a sure sign of something coming out of the window, well-bred or not. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Homeward Bound or, the Chase] Reference

'Wind's veered to nor'-west.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Riddle of the Sands]

We were now, I found, steering to de nor'-west.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley] Reference

"Wind's back in the nor'-west again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nicky-Nan, Reservist] Reference