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Definition of North by west
1. Noun. The compass point that is one point west of due north.
Definition of North by west
1. Noun. The compass point halfway between north and north-northwest, specifically 348.75°, abbreviated as NbW. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of North By West
Literary usage of North by west
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"... about 208 miles from London, 13 miles north by west of York, and ]] miles east
by north of Boroughbridge. The parish comprises the chapelry of Raskelf, ..."
2. Hakluytus Posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... which was then North by West halfe West from us, about three leagues off: wee
steered from hence away with the foresaid Point North by West, ..."
3. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... North by West neerest, being a sailes breadth open of the Point of Sumatra,
which was then North by West hälfe West from us, about three leagues off: ..."
4. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1921)
"... east and west to boundary line; 1898-1899, bounded on the north by West Chester
RR, Gray's Ferry Road and Carpenter St.. east by Delaware River, ..."
5. London Encyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"Lincoln is 131 miles north by west from London. LINCOLNSHIRE.—This county was
called oy the Saxons ..."
6. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English by Richard Hakluyt (1905)
"From the eleventh at noone to the twelfth, we had the wind variable and gusty
round about, and we ran about eight leagues North by West, and the depth ..."
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