tenor; tendency &c 176; incidence; bending, trending &c v.; dip, tack,
aim, collimation; steering steerage.
point of the compass, cardinal points; North East, South, West; N
by E, ENE, NE by N, NE, &c; rhumb†, azimuth, line of collimation.
line, path, road, range, quarter, line of march; alignment,
allignment†; air line, beeline; straight shoot.
V. tend towards, bend towards, point towards; conduct to, go to; point
to, point at; bend, trend, verge, incline, dip, determine.
steer for, steer towards, make for, make towards; aim at, level
at; take aim; keep a course, hold a course; be bound for; bend one's
steps towards; direct one's course, steer one's course, bend one's
course, shape one's course; align one's march, allign one's march†; to
straight, go straight to the point; march on, march on a point.
ascertain one's direction &c n.; s'orienter [Fr.], see which way
the wind blows; box the compass; take the air line.
Adj. directed &c v.. directed towards; pointing towards &c v.; bound
for; aligned, with alligned with†; direct, straight; undeviating,
unswerving; straightforward; North, Northern, Northerly, &c n..
Adv. towards; on the road, on the high road to; en avant; versus, to;
hither, thither, whither; directly; straight as an arrow, forwards as
an arrow; point blank; in a bee line to, in a direct line to, as the
crow flies, in a straight line to, in a bee line for, in a direct line
for, in a straight line for, in a bee line with, in a direct line with,
in a straight line with; in a line with; full tilt at, as the crow
flies.
before the wind, near the wind, close to the wind, against the
wind; windwards, in the wind's eye.
through, via, by way of; in all directions, in all manner of ways;
quaquaversum [Lat.], from the four winds.
Phr. the shortest distance between two points is a straight line.