Definition of reckoning

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Reckoning (n.) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, etc..

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Connumeration :: Connumeration (n.) A reckoning together.
Quartan :: Quartan (a.) Of or pertaining to the fourth; occurring every fourth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quartan ague, or fever..
North :: North (a.) Lying toward the north; situated at the north, or in a northern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the north, or coming from the north..
Quinzaine :: Quinzaine (n.) The fifteenth day after a feast day, including both in the reckoning..
Enumerative :: Enumerative (a.) Counting, or reckoning up, one by one..
Calculation :: Calculation (n.) The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate..
West :: West (a.) Lying toward the west; situated at the west, or in a western direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the west, or coming from the west; as, a west course is one toward the west; an east and west line; a west wind blows from the west..
South :: South (a.) Lying toward the south; situated at the south, or in a southern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the south, or coming from the south; blowing from the south; southern; as, the south pole..
Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) The calculation of a ship's position, either from astronomical observations, or from the record of the courses steered and distances sailed as shown by compass and log, -- in the latter case called dead reckoning (see under Dead); -- also used for dead reckoning in contradistinction to observation..
Reckoning :: Reckoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recko.
Outreckon :: Outreckon (v. t.) To exceed in reckoning or computation.
Miscomputation :: Miscomputation (n.) Erroneous computation; false reckoning.
Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) The charge or account made by a host at an inn.
Nephelodometer :: Nephelodometer (n.) An instrument for reckoning the distances or velocities of clouds.
Point :: Point (n.) A fixed conventional place for reference, or zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere, and named specifically in each case according to the position intended; as, the equinoctial points; the solstitial points; the nodal points; vertical points, etc. See Equinoctial Nodal..
Disoccident :: Disoccident (v. t.) To turn away from the west; to throw out of reckoning as to longitude.
Tenor :: Tenor (n.) The higher of the two kinds of voices usually belonging to adult males; hence, the part in the harmony adapted to this voice; the second of the four parts in the scale of sounds, reckoning from the base, and originally the air, to which the other parts were auxillary..
Suppute :: Supputation (n.) Reckoning; account.
Make :: Make (v. t.) To find, as the result of calculation or computation; to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over; as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the distance in one day..
Shot-clog :: Shot-clog (n.) A person tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning, for the rest of the company, otherwise a mere clog on them..
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