west by south
Americannoun
noun
adjective
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In the fall its drift was west by south, carrying it away from the Pole.
From Time Magazine Archive
The general direction of the river is west by south, but a few miles above Seville it changes to south by west.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
"She was headed about west by south; and very likely it was the one which ran into the Travancore, for no other was reported."
From Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East by Oliver Optic
The fair weather held and for several days the little fleet cruised west by south, then southerly when they had picked up the Virginia Capes.
From The Black Buccaneer by Stephen W. (Stephen Warren) Meader
After running west by south one mile, got no bottom with 40 fathoms of line.
From Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 by George Grey
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