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Due north, west, east, and south. So called because they are the points on which the intermediate ones, such as N.E., N.W., N.N.E., etc., hinge or hang. (Latin, cardo, a hinge.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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