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Definition of East by north
1. Noun. The compass point that is one point north of due east.
Definition of East by north
1. Noun. The compass point halfway between east and east-northeast, specifically 78.75°. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of East By North
Literary usage of East by north
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"Sunday the sixt, faire weather, the wind at North Northwest, we steering away
East North-east, and East and by North, made an East by North way, ..."
2. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"The sixt, we steered East by North, and East North-east : her true way North-east
by East little Easterly thirtie eight leagues, helped by the Current to ..."
3. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English by Richard Hakluyt (1905)
"The neere the coast her way North-east by North ^. ... The sixt, we steered East
by North, and East North-east: her true way North-east by East little ..."
4. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"Sunday the sixt, faire weather, the wind at North Northwest, we steering away
East North-east, and East and by North, made an East by North way, ..."
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