Found 2 items, similar to dead reckoning.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: dead reckoning dead reckoning n 1: an estimate based on little or no information [syn: guess, guesswork, guessing, shot] 2: navigation without the aid of celestial observations
English → English (gcide) Definition: dead reckoning Reckoning \Reck"on*ing\, n. 1. The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of reckoning or counting; calculation. Specifically: (a) An account of time. --Sandys. (b) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, etc. [1913 Webster] Even reckoning makes lasting friends, and the way to make reckonings even is to make them often. --South. [1913 Webster] He quitted London, never to return till the day of a terrible and memorable reckoning had arrived. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. The charge or account made by a host at an inn. [1913 Webster] A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a reckoning. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 3. Esteem; account; estimation. [1913 Webster] You make no further reckoning of it [beauty] than of an outward fading benefit nature bestowed. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] 4. (Navigation) (a) 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. (b) The position of a ship as determined by calculation. [1913 Webster] To be out of her reckoning, to be at a distance from the place indicated by the reckoning; -- said of a ship. day of reckoning the day or time when one must pay one's debts, fulfill one's obligations, or be punished for one's transgressions. [1913 Webster +PJC]