Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Southing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
South \South\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Southed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Southing}.]
1. To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the
south.
2. (Astron.) To come to the meridian; to cross the north and
south line; -- said chiefly of the moon; as, the moon
souths at nine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Southing \South"ing\ (?; 277), n.
1. Tendency or progress southward; as, the southing of the
sun. --Emerson.
2. The time at which the moon, or other heavenly body, passes
the meridian of a place.
3. (Astron.) Distance of any heavenly body south of the
equator; south declination; south latitude.
4. (Surv. & Navigation) Distance southward from any point
departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; --
opposed to {northing}.
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