Definition of reckoning

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Reckoning (n.) The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of reckoning or counting; calculation..

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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..
Outreckon :: Outreckon (v. t.) To exceed in reckoning or computation.
Score :: Score (n.) An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness..
Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) The position of a ship as determined by calculation.
Turn :: Turn (n.) One of the successive portions of a course, or of a series of occurrences, reckoning from change to change; hence, a winding; a bend; a meander..
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..
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..
Quintan :: Quintan (a.) Occurring as the fifth, after four others also, occurring every fifth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quintan fever..
Miscast :: Miscast (n.) An erroneous cast or reckoning.
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..
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..
Counter :: Counter (v. t.) A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc..
Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) Esteem; account; estimation.
Compt :: Compt (n.) Account; reckoning; computation.
Southing :: Southing (n.) Distance southward from any point departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; -- opposed to northing..
Quinzaine :: Quinzaine (n.) The fifteenth day after a feast day, including both in the reckoning..
Tical :: Tical (n.) A money of account in China, reckoning at about $1.60; also, a weight of about four ounces avoirdupois..
Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of reckoning or counting; calculation..
Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) The charge or account made by a host at an inn.
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..
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