One of the four cardinal directions.
The cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees.
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Examples for "due west "
Examples for "due west "
1 Hence Asia could be reached by sailing due west across the Atlantic.
2 The hatches closed once more, and our course was set due west .
3 But the Ohio pursues a south-west instead of a due west course.
4 But before long they made an angle and turned almost due west .
5 Then march them ahead straight on for a hundred yards due west .
1 Interventions: A 200 - W , cooled-tip RF probe system was used for all cases.
2 US President George W Bush is to visit Northern Ireland next month.
3 But the enormous sum was well beyond the means of W 's family.
4 To minimize that, some companies are saying the W - 2 should be used.
5 Other participants included existing investor W Capital and the AARP Innovation Fund.
Situated in or facing or moving toward the west.
The region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River.
Other meanings for "westing" 1 All Saturday and Saturday night the Mary Rogers raced her westing .
2 But she could not come to and make westing at the same time.
3 Whether the mate's face was clean or dirty had no bearing upon westing .
4 Well, anyway, he had made his westing and fooled God.
5 We have made westing enough to have the Cactus Pass very nearly south of us.
6 And the Mary Rogers raced on, making her westing .
7 Here we were, well abreast and reeling off westing .
8 Why should I have to change westing into longitude?
9 The sun was westing ; the shadows stretched among the evergreen oaks; the outer air was sweet.
10 We made a little westing in the afternoon.
11 They always showed a considerable westing when I knew that we had been sailing due north.
12 A current was setting to the westward, she made westing whether she made southing or not.
13 It soon got to be right aft, and before sunset it had a little westing in it.
14 The following wind had been probably slightly east of south-east and too much westing had been made.
15 Secretly, he pledged himself anew to the Powers of Darkness, if they would let him make westing .
16 The westing we were making brought us among people who are frequently visited by the Mambari as slave-dealers.
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