westing

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westing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]