east by south

American

noun

Navigation, Surveying.

a point on the compass 11°15prime; south of east. EbS

east by south British

noun

one point on the compass south of east, 101° 15′ clockwise from north

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adjective

in, from, or towards this direction

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He put up at a little inn that night and rode hard, east by south, all the next day.

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A. To steer off to the eastward, or east by south, just as the wind was; that was near the course that was ordered.

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Este�pa, a town of Southern Spain, province of Seville, 50 miles east by south of Seville.

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We now bore up under a reefed foresail, and kept the ship on her course, east by south.

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He told me that Newport lay east by south half south, but I don't believe it.

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