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Definition of Heeling
1. the act of inclining laterally [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heeling
Literary usage of Heeling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magnetism of Ships and the Deviations of the Compass by Liverpool Compass Committee, United States Bureau of Naval Personnel, Archibald Smith, Frederick John Evans (1869)
"by E. Further, as these deviations from heeling, like ordinary deviations, are
partly due to the more permanent and partly to the induced magnetism of the ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1860)
"On Changes of Deviation of the Compass on Board Iron Ships by " heeling," with
Experiments on Board the ' City of Baltimore,' 'Aphrodite,'' Simla,' and ..."
3. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1836)
"METHOD OF FREEING A VESSEL OF WATER BY HER heeling, 2. There is nothing novel in
taking advantage of the pitching or rolling motion of a ..."
4. Iron Ship-building by John Grantham (1868)
"Mr. Rundell is also of opinion that these deviations from heeling may be completely
compensated.* It is impossible to enter into all the details of this ..."
5. Professional recollections on points of seamanship, discipline, &c by Francis Liardet (1849)
"On extreme heeling a ship. If your ship has received so much damage in her bottom
that extreme heeling becomes requisite, do not risk heeling her too far ..."
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