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south by east
noun
Navigation, Surveying.
- a point on the compass 11°15′ east of south. : SbE
south by east
noun
- one point on the compass east of south; 168° 45′ clockwise from north
adjective
- in, from, or towards this direction
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“To reach the Dreadfort, Your Grace must travel down the kingsroad past the Last River, turn south by east and cross the Lonely Hills.”
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But now we had a month of onshore gales, blowing day in, day out—south winds, or south by east.
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Didsbury, a district of Manchester, on the Midland Railway, 4 miles south by east of Manchester, a place of residence of many Manchester business men.
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He is standing south by east, Edwin," said the youthful captain, turning from the lattice and addressing the youth with animation; "we shall intercept him by sunset if this wind holds.
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Yes," said the admiral, "it will; we shall have it from south by east.
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