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West by south   /wɛst baɪ saʊθ/   Listen
West by south

noun
1.
The compass point that is one point south of due west.  Synonym: WbS.





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"West by south" Quotes from Famous Books



... this island on the 21st of February, 1830: it bore west by south-half-south, about twenty-five miles distant; at 11 A.M. when close in, standing for the anchorage, we were boarded by several natives, who came off in their canoes, and surprised us by their acquaintance ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, No. 579 - Volume 20, No. 579, December 8, 1832 • Various


Words linked to "West by south" :   point, compass point


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