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
"I think we are sailing north by west."
From The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine Fleet by Kenneth Ward
From Formosa we steered west-north-west, and sometimes still more northerly, and on the 5th of November we at last about midnight, got sight of the mainland of China, bearing north by west, four leagues distant.
From Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced by H. W. Household
The land here extends chiefly north by west and south by east.
From The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765 by J. E. (Jan Ernst) Heeres
Wind cold from north by west; neither dew nor frost.
From McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia by John McKinlay
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