DAT's-Work, among seamen, the reckoning or account of the ship's course during 24 hours, or between noon and noon, according to the rules of trigonometry. See DEAD Reckoning.
DAT's-Work
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DAT's-Work, among seamen, the reckoning or account of the ship's course during 24 hours, or between noon and noon, according to the rules of trigonometry. See DEAD Reckoning.