westing (westing)

[Verbal n. of west, v.] Space or distance westward; space reckoned from one point to another westward from it; specifically, in plane sailing, the distance, expre ed in nautical miles, which a ship makes good in a westerly direction; a ship's departure when sailing westward. See departure, 5. westling1 (west'ling), a.andn. [ Saft the westlin breezes blaw. R. Tanna hill , Gloomy Winter's now Awa'. The fringe was red on the westlin hill. Hogg , Kilmeny. II. n. An inhabitant of the west; one who inhabits a western country or district. [Rare.] westling2 (west'ling), adv . [ westlins (west'linz), adv. [Also west lines; for * west lings, vines at Westminster, under a embly. Westminster A embly's catechism. See catechism, 2. westmost (west'most), a. superl. [ Westphal balance. A form of balance used in determining the specific gravity of solutions and also of mineral fragments. In the case of fragments a "heavy solution" is first obtained, in which they just float. The balance consists of a bar supported on a fulcrum near the middle, and having one half of it, from whose extremity hangs a sinker, graduated into ten parts. The sinker is immersed in the liquid under experiment, and then riders are hung at suitable points on the bar until it is brought back into a horizontal position as indicated by the fixed scale at the other end. The position and size of the riders give the means of reading off at once the required specific gravity without calculation. Westphal-Erb symptom. Same as Westphal's symptom. See symptom. Westphalian (west-fa'li-an), a. and n. [ The Westphalian treaties, which terminated the thirty years' war, were finally signed on Oct. 24, 1648. Amer . Cyc., XVI. 570. Westphalian gericht. Same as vehmgericht. II. n. A native or an inhabitant of West phalia. Westphal's foot-phenomenon. A series of rhythmical contractions of the calf-muscles following a sudden pushing up of the toes and ball of the foot, thereby putting the ten do A chillis on the stretch; ankle-clonus. Westphal's symptom. See symptom. westret, v. i. An old form of wester. We string i a (wes-trin'ji-ä), n. [NL. (Sir J. E. Smith, 1798), named after J. P. We string, a physician of Linköping, Sweden, who died in 1833.] A genus of gamopetalous plants, of the order Labiatæ and tribe Prost an thereæ. It is character ized by a calyx with five equal teeth, a corolla with the upper lip flattish, and anther-connectives without an appendage. There are 9 or 11 species, all natives of extratropical Australia. They are shrubs with small entire leaves in whorls of three or four together, and se ile or short-pedicel led twin flowers scattered in the axils of the leaves, or rarely crowded in leafy terminal heads. W. rosmariniformis, the Victorian rosemary, an evergreen shrub growing about 8 feet high, is sometimes cultivated.