east by south
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noun
adjective
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We were steering east by south, and it was clear that the chaser's advantages could only be neutralized either by bringing the "Lee" gradually head to wind or edging away to bring the wind aft.
From The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner by Wilkinson, John
The wind became more southerly, but we held our course the same as before, or east by south.
From Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 by James, Bartlett Burleigh
We sailed sometimes east, then east by north and east by south, and again east. 24th, Saturday.
From Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 by James, Bartlett Burleigh
When we had walked three miles in this direction the table-hill of Captain King bore east by south distant five miles.
From Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 by Grey, George
A. To steer off to the eastward, or east by south, just as the wind was; that was near the course that was ordered.
From Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by Warburton, A. F.
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