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单词 northering
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northeringn.

Brit. /ˈnɔːðərɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnɔrðərɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: norther v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < norther v. + -ing suffix1.
rare.
The action of turning to the north.
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1971 Country Life 25 Feb. 407/2 Canada geese, now well-established..in Britain, have apparently lost their northering instinct.
1992 Nation (Nexis) Sept. 14 250 The westering (and northering and southering and eastering)..carried new peoples into new lands all across the continent.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

northeringadj.

Brit. /ˈnɔːð(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈnɔrð(ə)rɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: norther v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < norther v. + -ing suffix2.
Chiefly literary. Now rare.
That borders on or turns towards the north; northerly. Cf. northing adj.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > changeable > shifting in specific direction
northering1801
westering1819
1801 J. Thelwall Hope of Albion in Poems 181 Many a sickening sun Had to decrepit Winter's ruthless sway Yielded our northering zone.
a1806 H. K. White Remains (1807) II. 176 Right o'er the Euxine, and that gulf which late The rude Massagetæ ador'd—he bent His northering course.
1889 Daily News 9 July 3/6 In a northering breeze the Valkyrie had just the better of the Irex.
1893 F. W. L. Adams New Egypt 86 The hills..run inland with a slight northering tendency.
2002 Sunday Telegram (Worcester) (Nexis) 27 Jan. (Sports section) d11 February spells a change, as the northering sun begins to have a real bite.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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