west by south
Americannoun
noun
adjective
Example Sentences
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In the fall its drift was west by south, carrying it away from the Pole.
From Time Magazine Archive
Saying which I left him gloomily shaking his head, but laying her now west by south as I had made the course.
From The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive by Mathes, Harry A.
Two miles west by south are the quarries of Carmyllie, the terminus of a branch line from Arbroath, which was the first light railway in Scotland and was opened in 1900.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
At noon, being through the streights, we hauled up west by south.
From An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island by Hunter, John
That ere one moon had waxed and waned his dugout was prepared for its long journey inland, west by south, along the waterway of two great Lands!
From A Cry in the Wilderness by Waller, Mary E. (Mary Ella)
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