southing

[ sou-thing ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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

southing

/ ˈsaʊðɪŋ /

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

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.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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