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southing

[ sou-thing ]

noun

  1. Astronomy.
    1. the transit of a heavenly body across the celestial meridian.
    2. south declination.
  2. movement or deviation toward the south.
  3. distance due south made by a vessel.


southing

/ ˈsaʊðɪŋ /

noun

  1. nautical movement, deviation, or distance covered in a southerly direction
  2. astronomy a south or negative declination
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of southing1

First recorded in 1650–60; south + -ing 1
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Example Sentences

His cell looked South, and thus he could study the movements of the moon and the planets, and note the southing of the stars.

After the gale blew itself out, a fresh breeze succeeded, which enabled them rapidly to run down their southing.

But after a few weeks of content the southing spirit again seized upon the old male who had hitherto been the unquestioned leader.

With a southing wind blowing stiff from the icy Antarctic wastes, they “put it to her!”

On the 31st, to my mortification, the river held so much to the northward, that we undid almost all our southing.

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