Alternative form: east-southeastward

If you get some chain letter that's threatening to leave you shagless or luckless for the rest of your life, delete it.

Among the other important and privileged members of the household who figured in attendance at the dinner, was a large gray cat, who, I observed, was regaled from time to time with tit bits from the table. This sage grimalkin was a favourite of both master and mistress, and slept at night in their room; […]

Perhaps the quintation of slats came from the hands of the indentured Hollander.