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north aˈbout Naut.
By a northerly route, spec. round the north of Scotland.
Cf. OE. norþ ymbutan in O.E. Chron. an. 894.
1710Lond. Gaz. No. 4685/3 Four Galleys from the River of Thames, bound North about to New-England. 1785J. Phillips Treat. Inland Navig. 48 They are now obliged to be brought..down the English Channel..; or else they must go North-about, which is a long and dangerous voyage. 1796Morse Amer. Geogr. I. 139 To coast north-about in small vessels, between the great flakes of ice and the shore. 1851Beck's Florist 13 Jan., Off the coast of Scotland (for we were going north about). 1858Merc. Marine Mag. V. 240 It was desirable to go..north-about. |