To be out of her reckoning
(gcide) | 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.
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Even reckoning makes lasting friends, and the
way to make reckonings even is to make them
often. --South.
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He quitted London, never to return till the day
of a terrible and memorable reckoning had
arrived. --Macaulay.
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2. The charge or account made by a host at an inn.
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A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a
reckoning. --Addison.
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3. Esteem; account; estimation.
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You make no further reckoning of it [beauty] than of
an outward fading benefit nature bestowed. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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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.
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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.
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