† north-westingn.

Forms: see north-west adv., adj., and n. and -ing suffix¹; also 1500s noothweastinge (perhaps transmission error).

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: north-west n., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Probably < north-west n. + -ing suffix¹. Perhaps compare Middle French nordoester (of a compass needle) to deviate from true north in a north-west direction (1579; French (rare) nordouester ). Compare slightly earlier norwesting n. and also north-easting n.

Obsolete.

Deviation of a compass needle from true north in a north-west direction.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > compass > variation

north-easting1555

variation of the compass, (lodestone,) or needle?a1560

norwesting1561

north-westing1571

variation1595

declination1625

magnetic variation1696

variation of the variation1706

magnetic declination1787

1571 W. Bourne Almanacke & Prognostication in Regiment for Sea (1963) 55 The Northeasting and Noothweastinge of the compas.

1594 T. Blundeville Exercises ii. ii. vii. f. 182^v In euery other place the Compasse doth varie from the true North, eyther by Northeasting or Northwesting.

a1646 J. Gregory Posthuma (1649) 311 The several Degrees of Variation of the Compass in North-easting or North-westing.

1690 W. Leybourn Cursus mathematicus f. 607 This Deviation of the Needle is called by the Mariners, the North-Easting or North-Westing of the Needle.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	north-westing
释义	† north-westingn. Forms: see north-west adv., adj., and n. and -ing suffix¹; also 1500s noothweastinge (perhaps transmission error). Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: north-west n., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: Probably < north-west n. + -ing suffix¹. Perhaps compare Middle French nordoester (of a compass needle) to deviate from true north in a north-west direction (1579; French (rare) nordouester ). Compare slightly earlier norwesting n. and also north-easting n. Obsolete. Deviation of a compass needle from true north in a north-west direction. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > compass > variation north-easting1555 variation of the compass, (lodestone,) or needle?a1560 norwesting1561 north-westing1571 variation1595 declination1625 magnetic variation1696 variation of the variation1706 magnetic declination1787 1571 W. Bourne Almanacke & Prognostication in Regiment for Sea (1963) 55 The Northeasting and Noothweastinge of the compas. 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises ii. ii. vii. f. 182^v In euery other place the Compasse doth varie from the true North, eyther by Northeasting or Northwesting. a1646 J. Gregory Posthuma (1649) 311 The several Degrees of Variation of the Compass in North-easting or North-westing. 1690 W. Leybourn Cursus mathematicus f. 607 This Deviation of the Needle is called by the Mariners, the North-Easting or North-Westing of the Needle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1571
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