It's coming from the sou'-west; shall we turn in? '. From Wordnik.com. [The Riddle of the Sands]
The fog's going, and there's a breeze from the sou'-west. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Riddle of the Sands]
The wind has changed, and people say we shall have a gale from the sou'-west. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4] Reference
'Two — one and a half — one — lights in line sou'-west by west — got a match?'. From Wordnik.com. [The Riddle of the Sands]
The clouds are hurrying up from the sou'-west, and I think it's coming on to blow; as old. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4] Reference
Half a gale from the sou'-west when we turned out, but it helped us to float off safely at six. From Wordnik.com. [The Riddle of the Sands]
Ahead and to starboard is the West Hohenhörn, curling round to the sou'-west for all the world like a stone pier. From Wordnik.com. [The Riddle of the Sands]
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]
"She bears sou'-west, I think," replied the latter. From Wordnik.com. [The Pirate City An Algerine Tale] Reference
Then we hove our ship to, with the wind at sou'-west, boys. From Wordnik.com. [Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas] Reference
"One time when I was about fifty miles to the sou'-west o 'Cape Horn, I--". From Wordnik.com. [The World of Ice] Reference
"No -- I see her bearing sou'-west," was the brief reply, as Bob Massey plied his steering oar. From Wordnik.com. [The Coxswain's Bride also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double Rescue] Reference
"Changed a point to the s'uthard o 'sou'-west, sir," he answered, "and looks as if it would blow hard.". From Wordnik.com. [Hudson Bay] Reference
Yet here, on the near side of Launceston, was a large body of rebel horse marching quietly to the sou'-west. From Wordnik.com. [The Splendid Spur] Reference
A fine day, with hardly a cloud in the sky, and a fresh breeze from the sou'-west which wafts us gaily on our way. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain of the Polestar] Reference
Malay Archipelago has become active, "said Nigel;" but are we not some five or six hundred miles to the sou'-west of Sunda?. From Wordnik.com. [Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago] Reference
"We're getting on famously," he said in a hearty tone, "the wind has shifted round to the sou'-west, and if it holds -- we shall --". From Wordnik.com. [Saved by the Lifeboat] Reference
Cunha, the land bearing on our port quarter sou'-west by south when seen; and, on the thirteenth day after turning our backs on the Martin. From Wordnik.com. [Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea] Reference
"Audierne Bay! and the wind blowing half a gale from the sou'-west!" ejaculated the skipper, with a note of something approaching to dismay. From Wordnik.com. [A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy] Reference
Then the carrying-steamer turned her sharp bow to the sou'-west, put on full steam, and made for the Thames -- distant nearly 300 miles -- with over. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Trawler] Reference
The wind sou'-west, and your house dead in the wind's eye; the breakers running up high upon the rocky beads, the light'us no more looking through the fog than. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1 (of 3), 1833-1856] Reference
And now, to make matters worse, the wind chopped and blew up from the sou'-west, with a squall of rain and a wobble of sea that tried Hancock's stomach sorely. From Wordnik.com. [News from the Duchy] Reference
"Ah, you've got the right exposure here to the south and sou'-west," says the Sergeant, with a wag of his grizzled head, and a streak of pleasure in his melancholy voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Moonstone] Reference
She's been re'ching close in to avoid the flood tide, as the wind is to the sou'-west, and she's bound down; but as soon as the ebb made, d'ye see, they made sail to the west'ard. From Wordnik.com. [The Trumpet-Major] Reference
"It 'ud be a rum start for a vyage at this time o' night, with half a gale from the sou'-west. From Wordnik.com. [The Firm of Girdlestone] Reference
He said the column was to go west sou'-west by compass, and west sou'-west, Larry, I'm going! ". From Wordnik.com. [Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy] Reference
He turned to me -- "bring her nose round to sou'-west and by south, and stand by for the gybe.". From Wordnik.com. [Poison Island] Reference
The men stirred uneasily; Drake went on: "We have had a long drought, and master-pilot will tell ye that there are strong winds coming up from the sou'-west. From Wordnik.com. [Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea] Reference
"We go by the moon in firing, sir," the charcoal-burner answered, "Last night it rose sou'-west, and that doesn't mean betterment, though it's quiet enough now. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time] Reference
The wind has shifted to the sou'-west; it is raining fast, and we may have our sport to-morrow. ". From Wordnik.com. [Run to Earth A Novel] Reference
But I thought that bay was on the coast of Ireland, sou 'sou'-west by nor' nor'-east from the Cove of Cork, "added Felix. From Wordnik.com. [Asiatic Breezes Students on The Wing] Reference
"They went off sou'-west," shouted the sergeant. From Wordnik.com. [The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911] Reference
"Sou '- sou'-west it shall be, sir, in a minute.". From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea] Reference
Nanjivell, the wind is sot in the sou'-west? '". From Wordnik.com. [Nicky-Nan, Reservist] Reference
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