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Meanings of west (westing) in English
Usage of westing in English
1
All Saturday and Saturday night the Mary Rogers raced her westing.
2
But she could not come to and make westing at the same time.
3
Whether the mate's face was clean or dirty had no bearing upon westing.
4
Well, anyway, he had made his westing and fooled God.
5
We have made westing enough to have the Cactus Pass very nearly south of us.
6
And the Mary Rogers raced on, making her westing.
7
Here we were, well abreast and reeling off westing.
8
Why should I have to change westing into longitude?
9
The sun was westing; the shadows stretched among the evergreen oaks; the outer air was sweet.
10
We made a little westing in the afternoon.
11
They always showed a considerable westing when I knew that we had been sailing due north.
12
A current was setting to the westward, she made westing whether she made southing or not.
13
It soon got to be right aft, and before sunset it had a little westing in it.
14
The following wind had been probably slightly east of south-east and too much westing had been made.
15
Secretly, he pledged himself anew to the Powers of Darkness, if they would let him make westing.
16
The westing we were making brought us among people who are frequently visited by the Mambari as slave-dealers.
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Frequent collocations
Westing through the time