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Definition of South by east
1. Noun. The compass point that is one point east of due south.
Definition of South by east
1. Noun. The compass point halfway between south and south-southeast, specifically 168.75°, abbreviated as SbE. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of South By East
Literary usage of South by east
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Voyages of Captain James Cook: Illustrated with Maps and Numerous by James Cook (1842)
"At two in the afternoon, we saw the continent to the south by east ; and at four,
having run, since noon, with a south south-east wind to the south-west, ..."
2. The Wilderness Trail: Or, The Ventures and Adventures of the Pennsylvania by Charles Augustus Hanna (1911)
"... and came to a river about twenty-five yards wide [the Huron], crossed the
river, where are two Indian houses, from thence south-by-east one mile, ..."
3. Bulletin by United States Weather Bureau (1895)
"... from the month of the Wabash River southwest, 13 miles; thence south by east
to Tradewater Bar, 12 miles; there it curves southwest to Weston, Ky., ..."
4. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... degrees fortie two minutes, way North fifteene leagues, wind South by East,
very smooth water. The five and twentieth, latitude fifteene degrees, ..."
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