| 单词 | wester |
| 例句 | Schools stretching from St. Louis in the east, through central districts such as Columbia and into westers districts like Kansas City called off Wednesday classes. Bitter cold closes schools, makes homeless shelters overflow 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z A 16-year-old was shot to death at a protest on Tuesday in wester Caracas, according to rights group Venezuelan Observatory of Social Conflict. Venezuelans march against Maduro, U.S. mulls recognizing rival Guaido 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z The impact of the Pacific waves when lashed by a sixty-mile “sou’-wester” is something terrific. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z I fancy I can still feel the salt sting of that sou'-wester we faced together. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z The hundred pounds’ reward would have made them stick to it as close as a nor’-wester to the skin. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z In shining oil-skins and dripping sou’-wester, he looked like some queer sea-monster that had just been caught and hauled on board. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z Some are sea-booted in sand-bags, and what with their jerkins and low, round helmets, look more like a watch in oilskins and sou'-westers than a party of Infantry. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z Here was his friend Douglas, muffled up in a monkey-jacket with a sou’-wester on his head, and great woollen gloves on his hands, tramping up and down the deck as if for a wager. Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures 2011-08-31T02:01:32.837Z Under the influence of a warm sou’-wester, thick black clouds had filled the valley, and a gentle drizzle reminded us of the balmy climate of our own metropolis in November. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z This was flanked on one side by an oilskin coat and a sou'-wester, and on the other by a sextant and a long brass telescope. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z We were now in the open air, breasting a swooping nor'-wester that chilled the very marrow of my bones. Paul Gosslett's Confessions in Love, Law, and The Civil Service 2011-02-04T03:00:18.850Z One of the fierce and fitful nor'-westers was threatening. Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z His broad-brimmed sou’-wester lay on the table, his coat was open, the wet dropping from it, and his grey hair was dripping with salt brine. The Ruined Cities of Zululand By daybreak the next morning I was at my post, a sharp nor'-wester blowing, and a heavy sea rolling in from the Atlantic. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune The wind was a nor'-wester, and beat with impatient gusts the loose canvas that hung ready to be shaken out, while the stream rushed rapidly along her sides. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Channel fogs, an' sou'-westers, an' fifteen-knot liners in charge o' b——y lunatics! The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea Many of them wave their sou’-westers and shout “Hurrah!” Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I The captain rose, and turned to Isabel before he placed on his head the heavy sou’-wester. The Ruined Cities of Zululand ‘We are in for a sou’-wester, and a stiff one too, or I am mistaken.’ Out on the Pampas Or, The Young Settlers It is only very occasionally in the winter that a nor'-wester blows into it. Fishing in British Columbia With a Chapter on Tuna Fishing at Santa Catalina The Captain was on the bridge in his rubber coat and sou’-wester. A Bookful of Girls That is right, steward, get me my oil-skin and sou'-wester from the cabin. A Chapter of Adventures Near the wheel stood the captain and his mate, in their rough sailor dreadnoughts and dripping sou’-westers. The Ruined Cities of Zululand He loves it best when waves are high, And a fierce nor'-wester shakes the sky. The Buccaneer A Tale He is a short broad man, dressed in rough blue cloth, and with a shiny sou'-wester on his head. Little Folks (July 1884) A Magazine for the Young He replaced the piece of perished tarpaulin that had once been a sou'-wester on his head, and set off slowly across the shingle towards the village. A Tall Ship On Other Naval Occasions Jack took off his sou'-wester and shook the water from his oil-skin, and then opening the locker where the coke was kept replenished the fire. A Chapter of Adventures Dicky, in the cabin, was covered with several coats richly scented with fish, and Oswald was glad to accept an oilskin and sou'-wester, and to sit down on some spare nets. New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune A nor'-wester was fast turning up, and as the night of Easter Monday closed around us, the cold increased with alarming rapidity. Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51 But the lifeboat was making short tacks to windward, and the coxswain taking off his sou'-wester waved it to the running figure to come back and follow the lifeboat on the other tack. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands A sou’-wester was on his head, and a woollen muffler round his neck, while a blue serge vest and a dark jacket and trousers clothed his body. The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. Then tying on his sou'-wester again he made his way out and gave a mug to each of the others. A Chapter of Adventures But the cairn was found to be a very distant mountain, the shirt-sleeves were formed of snow-fields, the sou'-westers of pointed cliffs, and the motion arose from oscillatory changes in the atmospheric strata. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II The fishermen—regardless of the driving mist, which, settling on their flushing coats and sou’-westers, ran off them in streamlets—kept turning their eyes seawards, endeavouring to penetrate the increasing gloom. Won from the Waves The flap of his sou’-wester, also, comes half way down his back. Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication Being an old nor’-wester, and an Irishman, he had his answer ready. Wrecked but not Ruined He quickly put on his foul-weather-dress, as he called it, with water-proof boots, and a sou’-wester, and went to his wife’s room. Washed Ashore The Tower of Stormount Bay He was a massive man, of iron build, and so tall that his sou’-wester almost touched the ceiling of his low-roofed parlour. Saved by the Lifeboat Sheets of spray sometimes burst over the side and drenched them, but they cared nothing for that, being pretty well protected by oilskins, sou’-westers, and sea-boots. The Lively Poll A Tale of the North Sea “We know you as a bitter opponent of the Nor’-westers, and we intend to carry you where your power to do mischief will be ended.” The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains An ordinary mackintosh is useless, and hours of casting in solid oilskin and sou'-wester become irksome what time the clouds press heavily down upon you and the rugged mountains frown right and left. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler All wore white duck trousers and blue Guernsey or cotton shirts with sou’-westers or straw hats, but the coats and cravats differed. Lost in the Forest Wandering Will's Adventures in South America He wore a sou’-wester, and was clad in oilcloth garments from head to foot, which shone like black satin with the dripping spray. Saved by the Lifeboat Kicking off their long boots, and throwing aside oilskin coats and sou’-westers, they tumbled into their narrow “bunks” and fell asleep almost without winking. The Lively Poll A Tale of the North Sea But from the very opening through which he meant to plunge into the tangled thicket, there issued the leader of the Nor’-westers and two of his men. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains The American officer's uniform was concealed under his sou'-wester, rubber coat and boots, but after a moment's inspection, the German said curtly: "You, too, will come aboard." Dave Darrin After The Mine Layers Some chests were on the floor, and thick coats, sou’-westers, with numerous other articles, were hung up against the bulk-heads, which formed the third side of the forepeak. The History of Little Peter, the Ship Boy No more To the hum of her gallant tackle the hale Nor'-westers roar. The Ontario High School Reader However, we did not trouble ourselves much, about the rain, as we had mackintoshes and sou'-westers on. Through Canal-Land in a Canadian Canoe To do the Nor’-westers justice, they were unaware of the intensity of the pain they were inflicting. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains The wind blows one way or the other constantly, and he quotes the captains as saying that "a nor'-easter never dies in debt to a sou'-wester." Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police He brought his sou’-wester full of water. The History of Little Peter, the Ship Boy I turned and saw a brawny figure in a reefing-jacket and "sou'-wester." The Lady of the Ice A Novel The quadrant-case and sea-chest in the next room proved it to be the skipper’s, without the additional testimony of the oiled-cloth coat and sou’-wester hanging from a peg in the wall. Hudson Bay “La Certe,” said Dan, when the camp-fire had burned low, and the stars were shining on them through the leaves, and all was still, save an occasional snore from the Nor’-westers. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains “Come,” cried the captain savagely, “give us a nor’-wester—that’s it; another—thank ’ee. Philosopher Jack They were, doubtless, wide awake, and listening; but, as far as vision went, that boat was manned with ten oilskin coats and sou’-westers. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships “Why, I do believe it is a sou’-wester,” he muttered to himself, attempting in vain to read the compass. The Lifeboat He did not stoop to kiss her, for the wide sands lay before them with fisher-boys playing thereon—apparently in their fathers’ boots and sou’-westers—and knots of observant comrades scattered about. The Coxswain's Bride also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double Rescue In less than half-an-hour one of the younger among the Nor’-westers came bounding towards them, waving his cap and shouting. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains The captain stooped, received a stiff nor’-wester, and the two went off together. Philosopher Jack Then the smart young fisherman suddenly sprang forward, and threw off his oil-coat and sou’-wester. Charlie to the Rescue In another we prepared that thick soup so familiar to the Nor’-wester, composed of pemmican and flour, which is known by the name of robbiboo. The Big Otter I knew that the men were wide awake and listening, but, as far as vision went that boat was manned only by ten oilskin coats and sou’-westers! Battles with the Sea Hows’ever, every man to his taste, as Jack said when the shark swallowed his sou’-wester. The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables “Now then, up with the pyramid, and give us a nor’-wester.” Philosopher Jack Then up at arm’s-length went the skipper’s sou’-wester as a signal that all was ready, and the fishermen began to haul the life-buoy to the shore. Charlie to the Rescue With a sou’-wester on top, and a comforter round the neck, they’re not so bad in a stiff nor’-wester in Janoowairy. The Young Trawler With equal and earnest assiduity Cowlik was engaged in adorning her head with a black flannel-lined sou’-wester, but she had some trouble with it, owing to the height of her top-knot of hair. The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice The same tendency to sacrifice appearance to utility is observable among the Malays of Capetown, who treat their sou’-westers similarly. Six Months at the Cape Polly seized the huge whiskers of her sire, and giving him an unsolicited “nor’-wester,” which was duly returned, went off to her little cot. Philosopher Jack “Mother, would you have me give up an old playmate and school-fellow because he is not perfect?” asked the youth in grave tones as he tied on a sou’-wester. Charlie to the Rescue He was almost extinguished by a large yellow sou’-wester, and all but swallowed up by a pair of sea-boots that reached to his hips. The Young Trawler “Well, it was blowin’ a stiff nor’-wester when we got away, an’ we couldn’t have beat into port again if our lives depended on it. Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn When Pigtop and myself were left alone, neither the first nor the second nor’-wester of brandy-and-water could arouse him from his sullen mood. Rattlin the Reefer Thus she was enabled to grasp the lurid sun by two enormous whiskers, and, putting her lips out, gave it a charming “nor’-wester,” which was returned with hyperborean violence. Philosopher Jack “There, our part o’ the job is done now,” said the skipper, pulling off his sou’-wester as he spoke and holding it up as a signal to the men on shore. Charlie to the Rescue The sou’-wester is crushed and soiled, the coat is limp, rent, mended, button-bereaved more or less, and bespattered, and the boots wear the aspect of having seen service. The Young Trawler It makes me think of the old song— “‘A strong nor’-wester’s blowing, Bill; Hark I don’t ye hear it roar now? The Three Admirals Strikes me as they would ha’ gone if they hadn’t been tied down with the flaps of this here sou’-wester.” Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea It’s going to be a regular sou’-wester.” The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise “This here dress is good enough for me, and my sou’-wester’s a sight better than any helmet I know, and the only air as I care about having through a tube’s ’bacco smoke.” Menhardoc But it was rare for a ship to be seen anywhere near Cormorant Crag when a sou’-wester blew. Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days “Unless I mistake, there’s a sou’-wester coming up in a jiffy.” Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 The scent lay true up the ridge, and as they rose foot by foot, and presently breasted the bluff nor’-wester, they felt like keeping it up for a week. Follow My leader The Boys of Templeton The man passed his hand along the brow edge of his sou’-wester to sweep away the drops, and then took a long look at the deck of the brig. The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise So they were left to blossom, refreshing the eyes of successive Commandants year after year as March came round and the March nor'-westers set their yellow bells waving against the blue sea. Major Vigoureux He says it is coming off, as it sometimes does from those who are constantly wearing the close, hot Sou’-westers. Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants" Mazard; "and even a sou'-wester would hardly affect us much a mile up this narrow inlet." Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' But a sweet, soft, sou'-wester blows "caller" on our craziness, and all our pores instinctively open their mouths at the approach of rain. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 “Well, yes, of course,” said the skipper thoughtfully, as he too swept the drops from the front of his sou’-wester, and tried to pierce the falling rain. The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise I did say, there would be a sou'-wester uncommon severe; but Rumway laughed at me for prophesyin' in his company. The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems You go ashore and buy us each a suit of roughing-it things, a so'-wester and the like. Curlie Carson Listens In Draughts, dear Furius, if my villa faces, 'Tis not showery south, nor airy wester, North's grim fury, nor east; 'tis only fifteen Thousand sesterces, add two hundred over. The Poems and Fragments of Catullus But it did me no further mischief; for I was incased in good oilskins and sou'-wester, which kept me as dry as a bone inside. Great Sea Stories The nor'-wester had freshened to a gale, and they were labouring heavily along, making fatal leeway towards the shoals. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 However, in prospect of winds and wet, the open porch of the hotel was walled up with planks so as to put another door between the sou’-wester and the diners in the corridor. Uppingham by the Sea a Narrative of the Year at Borth The mate's face was odd in its quietude, and the sou'- wester of oilskin was still on his head, held there by the string under the chin. The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories Scarcely had the gale commenced, when Pierre rose, put on a thick pea-jacket and a sou'-wester, armed himself, and swallowing a glass of brandy, went out. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 429 Volume 17, New Series, March 20, 1852 It is a cold, dark, squally night, with frequent heavy showers of rain—in fact, what seamen emphatically call 'dirty' weather, and our pea-jackets and sou'-westers are necessary enough. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 431 Volume 17, New Series, April 3, 1852 The nor'-wester was blowing up and was pressing the wounded ships upon the shoals, from which, if it held, it seemed impossible in their crippled state they would be able to work off. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 He then put on his sea-boots and sou'-wester, and strolled into the kitchen. The Romance of the Coast Taffy saw across his father's shoulder a gleam of yellow oilskins and a flapping sou'-wester hat. The Ship of Stars And then an occasional run out to Coll or Tiree in that old tub of ours, with a brisk sou'-wester blowing across—that would put some mettle into you. Macleod of Dare Yes, Miss Skeat would come, and the boatswain would provide them both with tarpaulins and sou'-westers, and they would go on deck for a few minutes. Doctor Claudius, A True Story A sou'-wester washed out our only spare cabin, comin' in. London River L'Etat in a furious sou'-wester is a sight worth seeing. A Maid of the Silver Sea I believe if she could wear a sou'-wester she would hang on to the rigging. A Dream of the North Sea Willis, wiping, with the cuff of his jacket, a drop that trickled from the corner of his eye, laid hold of his seal-skin sou'-wester as a signal of immediate departure. Willis the Pilot His yellow or black sou'-wester roofing the back of his neck, he comes down to harbour, as splendid as a figure at a fair. The Pleasures of Ignorance This island is about five leagues in length, trending E. by S. and W. by N. the easter end is the highest, and the wester is full of trees. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 The men stood sulky, lounging about with folded arms, or hands in their pockets, and sou'-westers slouched over their brows. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 The model was despatched to him by special messenger to open and to empty, and in the meantime Simeon used his sou'-wester as a collecting-box. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns "If the arrangement will really make you uneasy, Mrs. Becker, I give it up," said Willis, polishing with his arm the surface of his oil-skin sou'-wester. Willis the Pilot There was no longer in the air sou'-wester or nor'-wester. The Man Who Laughs These stalwart blue woollen blouses and tarpaulin sou'-westers lay in every pose of death, every detail of feature and expression still perfectly preserved. The Purple Cloud Down by the Docks, the children of Israel creep into any gloomy cribs and entries they can hire, and hang slops there—pewter watches, sou’-wester hats, waterproof overalls—‘firtht rate articleth, Thjack.’ The Uncommercial Traveller Some twenty men in various sou'-westers and other headgear were eating thick slices of bread and butter and drinking hot coffee, which with foresight had been prepared for them in the pier buffet. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns Next day, Willis laid hold of his sou'-wester, and was starting off on his customary pilgrimage, when Becker stopped him. Willis the Pilot The sou'-wester set in with a whirlwind. The Man Who Laughs They were following the rocky road along the wester hillside of the pasture hollow. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise The good King hath, I hear, too much need of his friends in the south to let an able soldier go wandering along the sea coast like a Cornish wrecker in a sou'-wester.' Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 The likenesses of over a hundred visitors, many of them with sou'-westers, cork belts, and life-lines, could be clearly distinguished in these picturesque groups. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns "So I thought!" exclaimed Willis, throwing his sou'-wester into the air, and uttering a loud hurrah. Willis the Pilot It was a good coat, called in ship language a sou-'wester, because that sort of stuff allows little of the south-westerly rain to penetrate. The Man Who Laughs He had hauled the mainsail in closely, luffing sharply, the sheet tightly drawn, and was staring fixedly and straight ahead under the large yellow sou'-wester. The Bride of Dreams As they returned home, they passed a group of fishermen in their long boots and flapped sou'-westers, looking somewhat anxiously seaward. Adela Cathcart, Volume 3 Over this western end of the peninsula's northern face the play of the sea-breeze is strong and regular; and the wester and north-wester blow, as at Freetown, fifty days out of sixty. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Now, if you will take my advice, you will do as I am going to do; put on a pair of fisherman's boots and oilskin and sou'-wester. Tales of Daring and Danger It was the nor'-wester, a wind sullen and angry. The Man Who Laughs The following day we sailed with a stiff sou'-wester toward my little city, which I was then to see for the first time. The Bride of Dreams The half-moon westers low, my love, And the wind brings up the rain; And wide apart lie we, my love, And seas between the twain. Last Poems by A. E. Housman The site rises some 2,000 feet above sea-level, and the strong wester twists the trees. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I A wester or sea-breeze, deflected by the ravines to a norther, was blowing; and in these regions, as in the sub-frigid zones of Europe, wind makes all the difference of temperature. The Land of Midian — Volume 1 To hear that bell in a storm, when the nor'-wester is blowing, is to be lost. The Man Who Laughs It often happens, on our own coast, that the south-easters chop round suddenly, and come out nor'-westers. The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers When they were all provided well, In armour and amonition, Then thither wester did they come, Most cruel of intention. Old Mortality, Volume 2. But as to a sea captain, a regular nor'-nor'-wester, and sou'-sou'-easter, he ought to be kicked out of the room if he is not dull. Note Book of an English Opium-Eater Unexpectedly, about four a.m., a violent sandy and misty wester began to blow; and all fancied that we had set sail to the south. The Land of Midian — Volume 1 The sou'-wester had succeeded the nor'-wester. The Man Who Laughs In stamps the fjord now to look on their party, Lifts his sou'-wester, gives greeting to them. Poems and Songs A stalwart young woman, in a khaki smock and sou'- wester, Bedford-cord breeches, and long leather boots, would have satisfied my utmost demands in 1918. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography However, I am assured that I have not yet seen either a "howling nor'-wester," nor its exact antithesis, "a sutherly buster." Station Life in New Zealand Our only chance of getting on was to make an early start, for fortunately a true "nor'-wester" is somewhat of a sluggard. Station Amusements in New Zealand As a bent bow discharges its arrow, the nor'-wester was shooting the vessel towards the northern cape. The Man Who Laughs His slippers and sou'-wester is the only clothes he's got aboard. Many Cargoes The sea ran high; tide coming in; the sou'-wester still increasing in force to a gale; at the signal-staff on the cliff, the danger-cone was hoisted. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose However much I may rejoice at nor'-westers in the early spring as aids to burning the run, I find them a great hindrance to my attempts at a lawn. Station Life in New Zealand The blue lake was about the only part true to nature; and even that should have had a foot-note to state that it was generally lashed into high, unnavigable waves, by a chronic nor'-wester. Station Amusements in New Zealand About these times, Baltimore always wore what he called his "gale suit," among other things comprising a Sou'-wester and a huge pair of well-anointed sea-boots, reaching almost to his knees. Omoo The only alteration he made in his dress was to substitute his sou'-wester for the bonnet, and in this guise he did his work, while the aggrieved Tommy hopped it in blankets. Many Cargoes "Ten days," the captain replied, "if we don't meet a nor'-wester in passing the Faroes." A Journey to the Interior of the Earth I find, by my Diary, July 29th marked, as the beginning of a "sou'-wester." Station Life in New Zealand In this dilemma I hastened to wake up poor F——, who found it difficult to understand why I wanted him to get up at daylight during a "sou'-wester." Station Amusements in New Zealand Their "sou'-wester"-shaped wigs are made of other men's hair, as the negro hair will not grow long enough. The Discovery of the Source of the Nile At night it froze very hard indeed, and the next day a nor'-wester sprang up which made the snow disappear with the most astonishing rapidity. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement And at the same time, on my inner sight, was grotesquely limned a picture of a brain pulsing savagely against the veneer of skin that covered that cleft of skull beneath the dripping sou’-wester. The Mutiny of the Elsinore 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. Station Life in New Zealand The furious nor'-wester had blown every fleck of cloud below the horizon, and dried the air until it was as light as ether. Station Amusements in New Zealand Westren: to west or wester — to decline towards the west; so Milton speaks of the morning star as sloping towards heaven's descent "his westering wheel." The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems We found it exceedingly low, as the preceding cold had frozen up the sources, whilst the nor'-wester that followed was of short duration, and unaccompanied with the hot tropical rain which causes the freshes. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement These half-dozen men were dressed alike; a thick blue woollen jersey clung to the body, drawn in by the waist-belt; on the head was worn the waterproof helmet, known as the sou'-wester. An Iceland Fisherman The sea that had nearly taken him overboard had, to his great annoyance, washed his sou'-wester hat off his bald head. Typhoon A true "sou'-wester" was blowing from the first to the second Monday in that July, without one moment's lull. Station Amusements in New Zealand A hard sou’-wester startles you with its close horizon and its low gray sky, as if the world were a dungeon wherein there is no rest for body or soul. The Mirror of the Sea The nor'-westers are vulgarly supposed to cause freshes simply by melting the snow upon the back ranges. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement The nor'-westers sometimes blow even in mid-winter, but are most frequent in spring and summer, sometimes continuing for a fortnight together. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement Very grave, straddling his legs far apart, and stretching his neck, he started to tie deliberately the strings of his sou'-wester under his chin, with thick fingers that trembled slightly. Typhoon The "sou'-wester" still raged furiously out of doors without a moment's cessation, and we were obliged to have recourse to the tins of meat kept in the store-room for such an emergency. Station Amusements in New Zealand We halted for the night at a shepherd's hut: awakening out of slumber I heard the fitful gusts of violent wind come puff, puff, buffet, and die away again; nor'-wester all over. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement The nor'-westers are a very remarkable feature in the climate of this settlement. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement During a nor'-wester, the sand on the river-bed is blinding, filling eyes, nose, and ears, and stinging sharply every exposed part. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement The reason of this is, that the nor'-westers, coming heavily charged with warm moisture, deposit it on the western side of the great range, and the saddles, of course, get some of the benefit. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement |
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