north by west

Dunkeld�, a small town of Scotland, on the Tay, about 14 miles north by west of Perth; pop.

The next morning the wind was still north by west, having hauled only a single point in twelve hours; showing that we had been running, neck and neck, with the gale.

In these storms the wind invariably circulates from north by west through south to east.

Having only a small peel," rejoined Heiton, "it is necessary I should look after it when a thousand Scotts are marching north by west.

Embraces Smith and Minor Islands, situated in the Straits of Juan de Fuca, about fourteen miles north by west from Port Townsend, Washington.