Definition of reckoning

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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..

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Compt :: Compt (n.) Account; reckoning; computation.
Eve :: Eve (n.) The evening before a holiday, -- from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset. not at midnight; as, Christians eve is the evening before Christmas; also, the period immediately preceding some important event..
Tical :: Tical (n.) A money of account in China, reckoning at about $1.60; also, a weight of about four ounces avoirdupois..
Outtell :: Outtell (v. t.) To surpass in telling, counting, or reckoning..
Esteem :: Esteem (v. t.) Estimation; opinion of merit or value; hence, valuation; reckoning; price..
Reckoning :: Reckoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recko.
Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) An account of tim.
Nick :: Nick (n.) A score for keeping an account; a reckoning.
Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) Esteem; account; estimation.
Miscomputation :: Miscomputation (n.) Erroneous computation; false reckoning.
Quartan :: Quartan (a.) Of or pertaining to the fourth; occurring every fourth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quartan ague, or fever..
Connumeration :: Connumeration (n.) A reckoning together.
Misreckoning :: Misreckoning (n.) An erroneous computation.
Quartan :: Quartan (n.) An intermittent fever which returns every fourth day, reckoning inclusively, that is, one in which the interval between paroxysms is two days..
Styled :: Style (v. t.) A mode of reckoning time, with regard to the Julian and Gregorian calendars..
Suppute :: Supputation (n.) Reckoning; account.
Shot :: Shot (v. t.) A share or proportion; a reckoning; a scot.
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..
Ab :: Ab (n.) The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August..
Counter :: Counter (v. t.) A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc..
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