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east by south
noun
, Navigation, Surveying.
- a point on the compass 11°15prime; south of east. : EbS
east by south
noun
- one point on the compass south of east, 101° 15′ clockwise from north
adjective
- in, from, or towards this direction
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The ships now steered east-by-south, passing mountainous lands, which on November 14 he tried to approach.
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The land lying away from the west-north-west to the south-east-by-south, still southerly.
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We are now 1530 feet above sea-level, east-by-south from last camp—Mount Owen Stanley due north.
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If the wind holds here at east-by-south-half-south we shall have need of all that offing.
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This island lies with that of Santa Isabel west-by-north and east-by-south.
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