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west by south
noun
a point on the compass 11°15prime; south of west. WbS
west by south
noun
one point on the compass south of west, 258° 45′ clockwise from north
adjective
in, from, or towards this direction
Example Sentences
"The Fort Pitt trail lies west by south," I suggested, over my shoulder, to the Weasel.
Towards midnight we once more set double-reefed foresail in order to lie our course of west by south.
The general direction of the river is west by south, but a few miles above Seville it changes to south by west.
The most southern cape of the southern mass bore west by south, but still further to the south there were vague indications of land.
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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