Definition of "northwest by west" []

• The direction or point on the mariner's compass halfway between northwest and west-northwest, or 56°15ʹ west of due north. (noun)
• Toward or from northwest by west. (adverb)

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• "This is possibly the modern Beit-Nubah, about 12 miles northwest by west of Jerusalem, 8 from Lydda."