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| **Bäring** (Bearing) [Peilung], riktningen till något föremål; t. ex.: »bäringen till fyren är västsydväst» eller »fyren bär i VSV». | **Bäring** (Bearing) [Peilung], riktningen till något föremål; t. ex.: »bäringen till fyren är västsydväst» eller »fyren bär i VSV». | ||
| + | ===== The Sailor' | ||
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| + | **BEARING**. An arc of the horizon intercepted between the nearest meridian and any distant object, either discovered by the eye and referred to a point on the compass, or resulting from finical proportion. There is the true or astronomical bearing, and the magnetic bearing. It is also the situation of any distant object, estimated with regard to the ship's position; and in this sense the object must bear either ahead, astern, abreast, on the bow, or on the quarter; if a ship sails with a side wind, a distant object is said to bear to leeward or to windward, on the lee quarter or bow, or on the weather quarter or bow. | ||
| ===== Patterson' | ===== Patterson' | ||
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