west by south

noun Navigation, Surveying.

a point on the compass 11°15prime; south of west. Abbreviation: WbS

Words nearby west by south

westbound, West Bromwich, Westbrook, Westbury, west by north, west by south, West Caldwell, West Carrollton, West Chester, West Chicago, West Coast

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Example sentences from the Web for west by south

He steered, as nearly as he could calculate, west-by-south, allowing at a guess for the set of the tide.
Major Vigoureux|A. T. Quiller-Couch
About fifty minutes after sunset, observed a strong ray of light in the west-by-south quarter, supposed to be a zodiacal light.
Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2)|Anonymous
According to his story he was obliged to tack and take the direction of west-by-south.
De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2)|Trans. by Francis Augustus MacNutt
The wind, I should say, at this time was west-by-south, and we were going nearly nine knots through the water.
Tales of the Sea|W.H.G. Kingston

I pricked that place off on the chart with my dividers, and with my parallel rulers found that west-by-south was the true course.
The Cruise of the Snark|Jack London

British Dictionary definitions for west by south

west by south

noun

one point on the compass south of west, 258° 45′ clockwise from north

adjective, adverb

in, from, or towards this direction

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单词	west by south
释义	west by south noun Navigation, Surveying. a point on the compass 11°15prime; south of west. Abbreviation: WbS Words nearby west by south westbound, West Bromwich, Westbrook, Westbury, west by north, west by south, West Caldwell, West Carrollton, West Chester, West Chicago, West Coast Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for west by south He steered, as nearly as he could calculate, west-by-south, allowing at a guess for the set of the tide. Major Vigoureux\|A. T. Quiller-Couch About fifty minutes after sunset, observed a strong ray of light in the west-by-south quarter, supposed to be a zodiacal light. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2)\|Anonymous According to his story he was obliged to tack and take the direction of west-by-south. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2)\|Trans. by Francis Augustus MacNutt The wind, I should say, at this time was west-by-south, and we were going nearly nine knots through the water. Tales of the Sea\|W.H.G. Kingston I pricked that place off on the chart with my dividers, and with my parallel rulers found that west-by-south was the true course. The Cruise of the Snark\|Jack London British Dictionary definitions for west by south west by south noun one point on the compass south of west, 258° 45′ clockwise from north adjective, adverb in, from, or towards this direction Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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