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rhumb
rhumb [ rum, rumb ] (plural rhumbs)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. navigation 
Same as  rhumb line (sense 2)

2. compass point: any of the 32 points of a compass
[Late 16th century. < French rumb "compass point," probably < Dutch ruim "space, room"]
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