1513 E. Howard in A. Spont (1897) X. 94 The wynd feeryd owt off the W.N.W. into the E.N.E.
1708 No. 4422/7 We came to an Anchor about Noon, the Wind at W. by S.
1778 S. Whatley (ed. 2) at Fale It rises about 2 miles W. of Roche Hills.
1891 W. C. Russell v The..compass was about W.S.W.