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west by north
noun
Navigation, Surveying.
- a point on the compass 11°15prime; north of west. : WbN
west by north
noun
- one point on the compass north of west, 281° 15′ clockwise from north
adjective
- in, from, or towards this direction
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The most northern cape of the same mass bore west by north.
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The wind blew from the west, veering occasionally to the north and to w.n.w., but during the height of the gale it blew west by north.
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Dudley, a town and parliamentary borough of England, in an isolated part of Worcestershire enclosed by Staffordshire, 8 miles west by north of Birmingham.
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Iliniza, which stands west by north of Cotopaxi, has two pyramidal peaks, and is one of the most interesting mountains of the Ecuadorean group.
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We started at half past six, our course being west by north.
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