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noun Navigation, Surveying.
a point on the compass, 11°15′ west of northwest. Abbreviation: NWbW
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Origin of northwest by west
First recorded in 1715–25
Words nearby northwest by west
North Vietnam, northward, northwards, northwest, northwest by north, northwest by west, northwester, northwesterly, northwesterner, North-West Frontier Province, Northwest Ordinance
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British Dictionary definitions for northwest by west
northwest by west
noun
one point on the compass south of northwest, 303° 45′ clockwise from north
adjective, adverb
in, from, or towards this direction
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