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west by south

noun

Navigation, Surveying.
  1. a point on the compass 11°15prime; south of west. : WbS


west by south

noun

  1. one point on the compass south of west, 258° 45′ clockwise from north
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. in, from, or towards this direction
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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"The Fort Pitt trail lies west by south," I suggested, over my shoulder, to the Weasel.

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Towards midnight we once more set double-reefed foresail in order to lie our course of west by south.

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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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The most southern cape of the southern mass bore west by south, but still further to the south there were vague indications of land.

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That ere one moon had waxed and waned his dugout was prepared for its long journey inland, west by south, along the waterway of two great Lands!

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