SOUTHING

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Tendency or progress southward; as, the southing of the sun. Emerson.

2.
n.

The time at which the moon, or other heavenly body, passes the meridian of a place.

3.
n.

Distance of any heavenly body south of the equator; south declination; south latitude.

4.
n.

Distance southward from any point departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to northing.


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