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northwest by west

noun

Navigation, Surveying.
  1. a point on the compass, 11°15′ west of northwest. NWbW



northwest by west

noun

  1. one point on the compass south of northwest, 303° 45′ clockwise from north

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adjective

  1. in, from, or towards this direction

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of northwest by west1

First recorded in 1715–25
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Example Sentences

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It happened this way, sir: we were off Cape Cod, heading northwest by west for Boston, about a week ago, close hauled on the starboard tack in a half gale of wind.

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Bailleul, seventeen miles northwest by west of Lille, which had been occupied by the foe for eight days, was abandoned without a shot being fired.

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The American frigate was standing to the westward with the wind about north by west and bore from the two British frigates about northwest by west.

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Following the above-mentioned course he sailed to the altitude of nine and one-half degrees, whence he sailed southwest by west to fourteen degrees, where he changed his course to northwest by west.

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To the northward of this back country, other ranges ran parallel to those along the river, from northwest by west to south-east by east, and shorter ranges joined them occasionally.

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