The Collaborative International Dictionary
nor'-west
nor'-west \nor'-west\ n. Northwest; the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees.
Syn: northwest, NW.
Wiktionary
nor'-west
n. northwest
WordNet
nor'-west
n. the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees [syn: northwest, NW]
adv. to, toward, or in the northwest [syn: northwest, north-west]
Usage examples of "nor'-west".
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!