east by south
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noun
adjective
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Our course had been almost the whole night southeast by east and the course was therefore east by south; the distance was upwards of eighty miles.
From Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 by James, Bartlett Burleigh
Long Island stretches into the sea for the most part east by south and east-southeast.
From Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 by James, Bartlett Burleigh
On Monday, the 20th, the steamer was running with square yards, at the rate of eight or nine knots an hour, steering about east by south, under double-reefed topsails and reefed foresail.
From Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 by Gilly, William O. S.
Direction travelled this day east by south half south.
From Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills by Landsborough, William
Accordingly at half an hour after 2 in the morning we weighed with the wind at east by south, and stood to sea.
From A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland by Dampier, William
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