point of compass

Example Sentences

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We then marched off 2 or 3 miles from the lake, and went by a point of compass 8 miles to the end of the lake and encamped.

From The Journal of Lieut. John L. Hardenbergh of the Second New York Continental Regiment from May 1 to October 3, 1779, in General Sullivan's Campaign Against the Western Indians With an Introduction, Copious Historical Notes, and Maps of the Battle-field of Newtown and Groveland Ambuscade by Hardenbergh, John Leonard

They put the word designating the point of compass after the 139name of the street, while in New York we do just the opposite.”

From The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent by Knox, Thomas Wallace

This was the point of compass revealed by the astrologer as most favourable to the young candidate for manly honours.

From Our Little Korean Cousin by Pike, Henry Lee Mitchell

Curiosity could no longer remain unsatisfied; and by one spontaneous movement, from every point of compass, women and children now hurried toward the center of the common, to gather the tidings.

From Ella Barnwell A Historical Romance of Border Life by Bennett, Emerson