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north by east

noun

Navigation, Surveying.
  1. a point on the compass 11°15′ east of north. : NbE


north by east

noun

  1. one point on the compass east of north, 11° 15′ clockwise from north
“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

adjective

  1. 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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Her whip was gone, so she used her hands and feet and turned him north by east, the way the scout had gone.

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They had left the road leading to Fort Hall, the nearest Government station, and struck off in a direction north by east.

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Here it is supposed that azimuths are measured from north by east, and longitudes eastwards.

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Starting from the confused grouping on the southern frontier of the two great chains and some transverse ranges, they run nearly north by east to the Colombian frontier where another “knot” or junction occurs.

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Its culminating ridges are marked by an irregular line of peaks and extinct volcanoes extending north by east from about 28� S. into southern Bolivia.

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