south by west

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noun Navigation, Surveying.

a point on the compass 11°15′ west of south. Abbreviation: SbW

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Words nearby south by west

southbound, Southbridge, South Burlington, Southbury, south by east, south by west, South Carolina, South Carolinian, South Caucasian, South Charleston, South China Sea

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How to use south by west in a sentence

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With Ebola still raging in West Africa, the race to find a vaccine is heating up.
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I meet Otis J. the night he arrives at “The Castle,” a West Harlem halfway house for newly-released convicts.
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Descending the Alps to the east or south into Piedmont, a new world lies around and before you.
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All along the highways and by-paths of our literature we encounter much that pertains to this "queen of plants."
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The volcanic eruptions of the mountains on the west broke down its barriers, and let its waters flow.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
Then with your victorious legions you can march south and help drive the Yankee invaders from the land.
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The Potato is planted very sparingly south of Piedmont, and not so commonly there as in Savoy.
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British Dictionary definitions for south by west

south by west

noun

one point on the compass west of south; 191° 15′ clockwise from north

adjective, adverb

in, from, or towards this direction

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