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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SOUTH'ING, a. Going towards the south; as the southing sun.
SOUTH'ING, n.
1. Tendency or motion to the south.
2. The southing of the moon, the time at which the moon passes the meridian.
3. Course or distance south; as a ship's southing.

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1669 1. difference in latitude to the south from the last preceding point of reckoning 2. southerly progress

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a southern movement. 2 Naut. the distance travelled or measured southward. 3 Astron. the angular distance of a star etc. south of the celestial equator.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

South South, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Southed; p. pr. & vb. n. Southing.] 1. To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south. 2. (Astron.) To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line; -- said chiefly of the moon; as, the moon souths at nine.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Southing South"ing (?; 277), n. 1. Tendency or progress southward; as, the southing of the sun. --Emerson. 2. The time at which the moon, or other heavenly body, passes the meridian of a place. 3. (Astron.) Distance of any heavenly body south of the equator; south declination; south latitude. 4. (Surv. & Navigation) Distance southward from any point departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to northing.