west by south
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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
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 Grey, George
At 1.14 we made half a mile west by south to rapids with a fall of at least three feet, where the river was still closely confined on both sides.
From Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills by Landsborough, William
We coasted this land about eight hundred leagues, in a direction west by south.
From Amerigo Vespucci by Ober, Frederick Albion
It bore west by south, and appeared to be from eleven to thirteen miles distant, as near as could be determined.
From An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island by Hunter, John
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