south by east
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noun
adjective
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“To reach the Dreadfort, Your Grace must travel down the kingsroad past the Last River, turn south by east and cross the Lonely Hills.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
But now we had a month of onshore gales, blowing day in, day out—south winds, or south by east.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
Wood Enderby lies about four miles south by east from Horncastle.
From A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time by Walter, James Conway
Didsbury, a district of Manchester, on the Midland Railway, 4 miles south by east of Manchester, a place of residence of many Manchester business men.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
It is ninety miles south by east of Canton.
From Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics by Shute, A. B.
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