† north-ˈeasting, vbl. n. Obs.
[f. north-east + -ing1.]
The variation of the compass from the true north in the direction of north-east.
| 1555 Eden Decades (Arb.) 348 Neyther shulde the needle make anye chaunge or dyffer in northestinge. 1561 ― Arte Navig. A iij, The maner and causes of the Northeastinge & Norwesting (commonly called the variation of the compasse). 1594 Blundevil Exerc. iii. vii. (1636) 384 In every other place the Compasse doth vary from the true North, either by Northeasting or Northwesting. a 1646 J. Gregory Posthuma, Maps & Charts (1650) 311 The several Degrees of Variation of the Compass in North-easting or North-westing. |