Reck"on*ing , n.
1. The act
of one who
reckons, counts, or computes; the
result of reckoning or counting; calculation. Specifically: (a) An account of time. Sandys. (b) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations,
liabilities, etc.
Even reckoning makes lasting friends, and the way to make reckonings even is to make them often.
South. He
quitted London, never to return till the day
of a terrible and memorable reckoning had
arrived.
Macaulay. 2. The charge or
account made by a host at an inn.
A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a reckoning.
Addison.
3. Esteem; account; estimation.
You make no further reckoning
of it [beauty] than of an outward
fading benefit nature bestowed.
Sir P. Sidney.
4. (Navigation)
(a) 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.
(b) The position of a
ship as determined by calculation.
To be out of her reckoning, to be at a distance from the place indicated by the reckoning; -- said of a ship.
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