(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:23:18

West"ing (?), n. Naut. & Surv.

The distance, reckoned toward the west, between the two meridians passing through the extremities of a course, or portion of a ship's path; the departure of a course which lies to the west of north.

 

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