Hypertext Webster Gateway: "westing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Westing \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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