The Collaborative International Dictionary
South \South\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Southed; p. pr. & vb. n. Southing.]
To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.
(Astron.) To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line; -- said chiefly of the moon; as, the moon souths at nine.
Southing \South"ing\ (?; 277), n.
Tendency or progress southward; as, the southing of the sun.
--Emerson.The time at which the moon, or other heavenly body, passes the meridian of a place.
(Astron.) Distance of any heavenly body south of the equator; south declination; south latitude.
(Surv. & Navigation) Distance southward from any point departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to northing.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context nautical English) A distance traveled southward. 2 (context astronomy English) The time when the moon souths.
Usage examples of "southing".
Half an hour more placed us at the great Wady, whose general direction is here west with a little southing, and which still merits its fame as an Arabian Arcadia.