point of compass

To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something else; as, the land bears N. by E. To bear against, to approach for attack or seizure; as, a lion bears against his prey.

Capitalize the East, the West, the Middle West, the Orient and other terms used for definite regions; but do not capitalize east, west, etc., when used merely to designate direction or point of compass, as "west of here."

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.

When I ventilated the idea outside my private 'den,' wherein it first arose, it was treated as far too wild a scheme for serious consideration—for 'Iceland,' to Londoners, seems much the same in point of compass as the moon!

Then around you, in whatever point of compass you should chance to look, thick volumes of smoke might be seen rising out of the valleys, over the tops of intervening hills, presenting a picturesque and novel scene.