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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Rhumb n.  Navigation A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle; -- called also rhumb line, and loxodromic curve. See Loxodromic.
 To sail on a rhumb, to sail continuously on one course, following a rhumb line.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 rhumb line
      n : a line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same
          angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a
          constant compass direction [syn: rhumb, loxodrome]