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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) southing
movement or deviation toward the south.

2. southing
distance due south made by a vessel.

Etymology: (1650–60)

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Southing
tendency or progress southward; as, the southing of the sun

2. (noun) Southing
the time at which the moon, or other heavenly body, passes the meridian of a place

3. (noun) Southing
distance of any heavenly body south of the equator; south declination; south latitude

4. (noun) Southing
distance southward from any point departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to northing

5. Southing
of South

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