west by north
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Fal�kirk, a parliamentary burgh of Scotland, in Stirlingshire, 21� miles west by north of Edinburgh.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various
To my surprise no more of the mainland could be seen here than from below, the northernmost part in sight, which was full of sandhills bearing west by north about three leagues.
From A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship by Bligh, William
On rushed the Slavonia, heading west by north: nearer came the waterspout, heading south by east.
From The Jungle Fugitives A Tale of Life and Adventure in India Including also Many Stories of American Adventure, Enterprise and Daring by Ellis, Edward Sylvester
Away they trotted at a smart pace, Scout Gruard guiding, west by north, directly for the nearest slope of the first range.
From Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
The most northern cape of the same mass bore west by north.
From My Attainment of the Pole by Cook, Frederick A.
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