north by west
Americannoun
noun
adjective
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No sooner does the sun set north by west, than, like a giant refreshed, it rises again north by east.”
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 by Various
"Very good: Lay off a course from this point to a point ten miles north by west from Cape Race light."
From The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
Alcoy′, a town of Spain, in Valencia, 24 miles north by west of Alicante, in a richly-cultivated district.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
Wind at south-east; course to the north by west.
From A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship by Bligh, William
The French finding the British between them and their port, hauled to the wind, which between 8 and 9 shifted to north by west, putting them to windward.
From The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
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