a. [f. SOUTH + EASTERN. Cf. OE. súðéasterne, OHG. sund-, suntôstrôni.]
1. Lying on the south-east side; situated in the south-east.
1577. Eden & Willes, Hist. Trav., 230 b. The Southeasterne way rounde about Affrike by the cape of Good hope.
1618. in Foster, Eng. Factories Ind. (1906), I. 11. Those southerne and south-easterne countries.
1632. Lithgow, Trav., III. 105. These South-easterne Iles in Summer are extreame hot.
1694. [see PORTUGUESE sb. 1].
1814. Scott, Diary, 9 Aug. The extreme south-eastern point of Zetland.
1875. Whitney, Life Lang., viii. 143. Certain communities in southeastern Europe.
b. Of or pertaining to the south-east of England.
1886. Kington Oliphant, New English, I. 151. [In Trevisa’s Chronicle] the South-Eastern form ie replaces eaȝ in die (tingere).
2. Of the wind: Blowing from the south-east.
Cf. OE. súðéasterne, súþanéasterne wind.
1842. Penny Cycl., XXII. 286/2. During the south-eastern wind, which is called the solano, the thermometer frequently rises to 90°.
1855. Kingsley, Westw. Ho! I. i. 17–8. Far below, upon the soft south-eastern breeze, the stately ships go sliding out to sea.
