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south by west
noun
Navigation, Surveying.
- a point on the compass 11°15′ west of south. : SbW
south by west
noun
- one point on the compass west of south; 191° 15′ clockwise from north
adjective
- in, from, or towards this direction
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The general direction of the river is west by south, but a few miles above Seville it changes to south by west.
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"Keep her south by west," added the pilot.
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S. Petronio is situated at its southern end, and orientates south by west.
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The wind was fair and strong, so that she had made a good offing, and was now steering south by west, bearing up for the distant shores of South America.
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Diss, a town, England, Norfolk, on the slope of a hill 18 miles south by west of Norwich.
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