 | John Lauris Blake - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1834 - 1028 pages
...but if it occurred, the insect would be immediately destroyed by a few drops of oil or brandy. EAST. The point in the heavens, where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox, or when it is ш the equinoctial, or the corresponding point on the earth ; one of the four cardinal points. The... | |
 | Noah Webster - English language - 1844 - 1142 pages
...; as, cow's easing*. Craven Dialect. K ^ -T, TI. [Sax. ''.-'.: J. The point in the heavens, \vhere the sun is seen to rise at the equinox, or when it h in the equinoctial, or the corresponding point on the earth , one of the four cardinal points. 2.... | |
 | Noah Webster - English language - 1846 - 1116 pages
...in the beaveits, where the sun is seen lo rise at the equinox, or wueu it M in the equinoctial, ur the corresponding point on the earth ; one of the four cardinal points. 2. The eastern parts of the earth , the regions or countries which lie east of Europe, or other country.... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - Agriculture - 1857 - 508 pages
...by loosening it. If desired, they can be destroyed by lime or salt. EAST. The point in the heavons where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox, or when...points. The east and the west are the points where the equator intersects the horizon. But to persons under the equinoctial line, that line constitutes... | |
 | John Ogilvie - 1865 - 846 pages
...tight appears; the point in the heavens where the sun ia seen to rise at the time of the equinoxes, or the corresponding point on the earth; one of the four cardinal points; the eastern parts of the earth; the regions or countries which lie east of Europe, or other country, a.... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1862 - 900 pages
...r%ht angles to that of North and South, and towards the right hand of a spectator who faces the Xorth; the point in the heavens, where the sun is seen to...equinoctial, or the corresponding point on the earth. (The east and west are the points where the equator intersects the horizon; but to persons under the... | |
 | English language - 1872 - 406 pages
...tos, the dawn, Skr. ushas, the dawn, from root ush, to burn.] One of the four cardinal points ; — the point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox ; — the eastern part of a country. 123 EDIFY I festival was celebrated in April.] A festival commemorating... | |
 | English language - 1872 - 426 pages
...eos, the dawn, Skr. usJ,as, the dawn, from root ush, to burn.] One of the four cardinal points ; — the point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox ; — the eastern part of a country. Easter, (eз'ter) п. [A.-S. rasier, cdstran, from Eastre, a goddess... | |
 | English language - English language - 1873 - 778 pages
...; — act of moving with ease. East, (Oat) u. [A.-S. tagt,] One uf the four cardinal pointe;— tho point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at the equiuuz ;— the eastern part of a country ; the porta of Asia oast of Europe and the Mediterranean.... | |
 | John Ogilvie - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1883 - 714 pages
...is the icy wind. The Romance languages have borrowed the word from the Teut Fr. est, Sp. este,] 1. The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox, or the corresponding point on the earth; the point of the compass in a direction at right angles to that... | |
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The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox... 
