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▪ I. southing, vbl. n. (ˈsaʊθɪŋ) [f. south adv. or v. + -ing1.] 1. Of heavenly bodies: The action of crossing or approaching the meridian of a place.1659 J. Moxon Globes ii. liv. (1674) 105 The Time of her Rising, Southing, Setting, and Shining. 1697 Dryden æneid v. 33 If I observ'd aright The south...
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Nathan Daboll
the most part, they contained common almanac material:
"lunations; eclipses of the luminaries; aspects; judgment of the weather; rising, sitting and southing
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northing
northing, vbl. n. (ˈnɔːθɪŋ) [f. north + -ing1.] 1. (Chiefly Naut.) Progress or deviation towards the north made in sailing or travelling; difference in latitude due to moving northwards. Freq. in phr. to make (so much) northing.1669 Sturmy Mariner's Mag. iv. iii. 154 Northing, Southing, Easting, and...
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John Brereton
Instead of making the circuitous route by the Canary Islands, Gosnold steered, as the winds permitted, due west, only southing towards the Azores, and
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easting
easting, vbl. n. (ˈiːstɪŋ) [f. east + -ing1.] 1. Naut. ‘The course made good, or gained to the eastward’ (Adm. Smyth).1628 Digby Voy. Medit. (1868) 91 For easting and westing, great diligence is required not to fall into error. 1684 Bucaniers Amer. ii. (1698) 169 My whole easting I reckoned to be no...
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westing
▪ I. westing, vbl. n. (ˈwɛstɪŋ) [f. west adv. or v.] 1. Naut. The net distance made by a vessel towards the west. (Cf. easting n. 1.)1628 Digby Voy. Mediterr. (Camden) 91 But for easting and westing, great diligence is required not to fall into error. 1669 Sturmy Mariner's Mag. iv. xvii. 202 In the ...
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York Minster astronomical clock
Sun-emblem and horizon-plate therefore combine to show the times of the Sun's rising, southing, and setting throughout the year and, by means of the rays
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versant
▪ I. versant, n. (ˈvɜːsənt) [a. F. versant (15th c. in Littré), f. verser: see verse v.2] 1. The slope, side, or descent of a mountain or mountain-chain; the area or region covered by this. (Usu. with specifying epithet.)1851 Catal. Gt. Exhib. iv. 1341/2 The species of oak which produces the cork ve...
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James Franklin (printer)
month, day of the week, what days of the month all the Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, &c. in any month of any year, fall on, leap year, moon's southing
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Andrew Ellicott
Containing the motions of the sun and moon, the true places and aspects of the planets, the rising and setting of the sun, and the rising, setting, southing
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lunistice
lunistice Astr. (ˈl(j)uːnɪstɪs) Also 7 lunestice. [as if ad. mod.L. *lūnistitium, f. lūna moon + -stitium a stopping, after solstitium.] The point at which the moon has the greatest northing or southing in her monthly course; the time at which she reaches this point.1650 Charleton Paradoxes 43 The S...
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assentation
assentation (æsənˈteɪʃən) [a. F. assentation (Cotgr.), ad. L. assentātiōn-em, n. of action f. assentāri: see assent v. and -ation.] The action of assenting to the opinions of another; esp. obsequious or servile expression or act of assent.1481 Earl of Worcester Tulle on Friendsh. C j/2 To gete the s...
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History of Manchuria
Manchuria was thus detached from China by Japan to create a buffer zone to defend Japan from Russia's Southing Strategy and, with Japanese investment and
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minish
minish, v. Now only arch. (ˈmɪnɪʃ) Forms: 4–5 menus(e, (4 mynus(c)h, menus(c)h, Sc. menes, myniss, 5 menuze), 4–6 mynyssh(e, 5 minussh, (minys, minise, -issh, mynes(ch, mynuyssh, mynyss), 5–6 mynys, 6 mynish(e, (-issh, -essh, -usshe, myn(n)yshe), minishe, -issh(e), mynysch(e, Sc. menis(che, 6– minis...
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south
▪ I. south, adv., prep., n., and a. (saʊθ) Forms: 1, 3 suð, suþ, 3 suþe, 4–5 suthe, 4, 6 suth (6 Sc. sutht); 3 soþ, 4 soth, 6 north. soyth; 3–5 souþ (4 zouþ), 4–5 souþe, 4 sowþe; 3– south (4 souht, 5 Sc. soucht), 4–6 southe (5 Sc. souythe), 5–6 sowth(e. [Common Teut.: OE. s{uacu}ð, = OFris. sûth (WF...
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