[nawrth-ee-ster; Naut. nawr-ee-ster] 
| 1. | New England and South Atlantic States. a wind or gale from the northeast. |
| 2. | Meteorology. northeast storm. |
| a cyclonic storm that moves northeastward within several hundred miles of the eastern coast of the U.S. and Canada, particularly in fall and winter, its often strong northeast winds causing high seas and coastal damage and bearing rain or snow. |
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