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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The direction or point on the mariner's compass halfway between southwest and south-southwest, or 146°15′ west of due north.
- adverb & adjective Toward or from southwest by south.
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- noun The
compass point halfway betweensouthwest andsouth-southwest , specifically 213.75°, abbreviated asSWbS .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the compass point that is one point south of southwest
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