1739 C. Labelye Short Acct. Piers Westm. Bridge 72 Water enough for the working and navigating of Boats.

1804 D. Humphreys Miscell. Wks. 48 A country possessed of such resources, with such exertion for building, aptitude for navigating, and enterprize for employing its navigation.

1930 Daily Express 6 Oct. 2/3 R 101 swept around in a wide circle, visible only by her red and green navigating lights.

1950 Contact May–June 50/2 I must warn you, too, of the danger of letting navigating become an end in itself, of sitting with one's eyes glued to the map until it becomes a substitute for the country outside.

1971 Gloss. Electrotechnical, Power Terms (B.S.I.) iii. vi. 22 A radar navigating system.

1995 Alternative Press May 23/1 Some kind souls have started organizing the web into directories... These compilations of links to other sites..are a big help in navigating.

1869 Philos. Trans. 1868 (Royal Soc.) 158 487 One of the deficiencies..will be removed by the zeal of the Navigating Officers now serving in several of Her Majesty's ships on foreign stations.

1871 Daily News 1 Sept. While professional..critics are discussing whether the special class of navigating officers should be retained or abolished.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 197/1 He [sc. the second naval lord] appoints navigating officers and lieutenants to ships.

1961 B. Fergusson Watery Maze viii. 201 He had so far had a highly mouvementé war, beginning in a Q-ship in Norwegian waters before being appointed navigating officer to the force assembled early in 1941 for the assault on Rhodes.

1992 Today (BNC) Tim first met Princess Anne when he was an assistant navigating officer on the Royal Yacht Britannia in 1979.