In navigation, implies the distance made good towards the south: the opposite of northing.
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<South>>. II. Southing ·noun Tendency or progress southward; as, the southing o...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The time at which the moon passes the meridian of any particular place. Popularly the term is used t...
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