| 单词 | north by west |
| 例句 | Dunkeld�, a small town of Scotland, on the Tay, about 14 miles north by west of Perth; pop. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z 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. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z In these storms the wind invariably circulates from north by west through south to east. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Having only a small peel," rejoined Heiton, "it is necessary I should look after it when a thousand Scotts are marching north by west. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 Embraces Smith and Minor Islands, situated in the Straits of Juan de Fuca, about fourteen miles north by west from Port Townsend, Washington. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open An�dover, a town in England, in Hants, 12 miles north by west of Winchester, with a fine church, and a trade in corn, malt, &c. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Very deliberately the small boat was hoisted to the davits; the big craft began to move, swinging her nose north by west, the spray breaking under the bows. The Moonlit Way In May 1904 a true larval specimen was taken at the surface south-west of the Faeroe Islands, and another was taken 40 m. north by west of Achill Head, Ireland. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" No sooner does the sun set north by west, than, like a giant refreshed, it rises again north by east.” With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 "Very good: Lay off a course from this point to a point ten miles north by west from Cape Race light." The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers "I think we are sailing north by west." The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine Fleet The second officer, overlooking these, ordered the helmsman to make it north by west, fifty-seven degrees, but to bring the ship around so gently that the captain wouldn't know it. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune He rode forward boldly, however, keeping his eyes upon the stars, and steering, so far as the circuitous lanes would allow him, north by west. The Mayor of Troy At noon we were in 28° 13' Lat., and shortly after sighted the mainland, which we estimated to lie 6 miles north by west of our ship. The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765 Suddenly the officer on the bridge discerned the dim Fire Island Light, bearing north by west, twenty miles distant. The Harris-Ingram Experiment From Formosa we steered west-north-west, and sometimes still more northerly, and on the 5th of November we at last about midnight, got sight of the mainland of China, bearing north by west, four leagues distant. Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced The night the Tasmania was wrecked, the captain had given the course north by west, sixty-seven degrees. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune The French finding the British between them and their port, hauled to the wind, which between 8 and 9 shifted to north by west, putting them to windward. The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence The land here extends chiefly north by west and south by east. The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765 It is situated on the left bank of Dunsmore Creek at a place bearing north by west half west from Johnstone's Range. Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills The coast now trended north by west and we continued to run along it. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 On the 30th, at ten in the forenoon, we saw the great Solombo bearing north by west half west two leagues distant. An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island Wind at south-east; course to the north by west. A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship We then shaped our course north and north by west, which leaves it due north, if the variation is deducted. The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765 At 10.27 made a quarter of a mile north by west. Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills About noon this day, the men at the mast head discovered a very extensive shoal on the larboard beam, bearing from north by west to north by south, distant between two and three leagues. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789) At six o'clock, the nearest land bore north by west half west, about three leagues distant. An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island At sunset the southernmost bore from south to south-west by west and the northernmost from north by west half west to north-east half east. A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship To reach it, the wind being north by west, we should have to make long fetches and frequent tacks, whereas Callao, or the coast thereabout, could be reached by sailing due north. Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance The East like the West Indies is the brooding-place of storms, which in gyratory coils, like a lasso thrown wide and large, go twisting north by west. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 The smaller stream the Campbell joins the Burdekin from north by west, but comes from north, or a little east of that, from a mountainous country. McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia Mine host laid hold of my elbow and gave it a good shake as I left him, with D'ri, taking a trail that led north by west in the deep woods. D'Ri and I I named this Sunday Island: it lies north by west three-quarters west from Restoration Island; the latitude by a good observation 11 degrees 58 minutes south. A Voyage to the South Sea For The Purpose Of Conveying The Bread-Fruit Tree To The West Indies, Including An Account Of The Mutiny On Board The Ship Meanwhile they continued to march north by west. The Masters of the Peaks A Story of the Great North Woods It showed that our course was north by west—that is, one point west of north, which was, for our assumed position, about right. The Land That Time Forgot Wind cold from north by west; neither dew nor frost. McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia The American frigate was standing to the westward with the wind about north by west and bore from the two British frigates about northwest by west. The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans Fresh breezes and cloudy, at 2 handed the top sail and hove to, at 11 set the fore-sail: at 10 Oyster Island north by west 7 or 8 miles. The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant The Major's orders had been "Due north by west," and now, though they had put fully two hundred miles between themselves and the last sign of civilization, they were still holding to their course. Lost in the Air Steering north by west for the first twenty miles, generally grassy, we entered the extensive sandy plains which occupy almost the whole country between the Moore and Irwin rivers. Journals of Australian Explorations So next morning at the dawn I headed north by west, laying my course for that white patch and for the first time breaking the straight line of our advance. She and Allan June we struck camp, and after travelling westward for about three miles, passing several ponds of salt water, we headed north by west, skirting the range of low hills which separates Ugogo from Uyanzi. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley We now bore up and ran north by west and at six we saw the land again ahead forming a very deep bay, which I could not see the bottom of from the masthead.* The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant "Have you gone due south by west instead of north by west?" Lost in the Air The bed of the river was formed by talc-schiste, in strata, the strike of which was from north by west to south by east, standing almost perpendicular, with a slight dip to the eastward. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 They had not been long at sea before they had sight of the continent, which appeared to them to lie about sixteen miles north by west from the place they had suffered shipwreck. Early Australian Voyages: Pelsart, Tasman, Dampier The kill we spoke about before runs past here, and the course is mostly north by west and south by east. Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664 "And the North Star ahead almost over your starboard bow means that we're steering a course, north, northwest, or maybe north by west, for I doubt if we are standing more than ten degrees westward." Captain Blood Here we rested the better part of a week, keeping good guard against the Caribs, then sailed, and now north by west, along a vast curve, within a world of islands. 1492 |
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