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Keywords: Compass, West, Chien, Halfway, Midway

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The point in the horizon between the north and west, and equally distant from each; the northwest part or region.

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Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between the north and west; being in the northwest; toward the northwest, or coming from the northwest; as, the northwest coast.

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the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees

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halfway between north and west

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