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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 

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