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Antiscii :: Antiscii (n. pl.) The inhabitants of the earth, living on different sides of the equator, whose shadows at noon are cast in opposite directions..

Shadowing :: Shadowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shado.

Overshadowy :: Overshadowy (a.) Overshadowing.

Catachresis :: Catachresis (n.) A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, To take arms against a sea of troubles. Shak. Her voice was but the shadow of a sound. Young..

Portentous :: Portentous (a.) Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous..

Prefigure :: Prefigure (v. t.) To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and similitudes; to foreshadow..

Shadow :: Shadow (n.) A spirit; a ghost; a shade; a phantom.

Gnomon :: Gnomon (n.) The style or pin, which by its shadow, shows the hour of the day. It is usually set parallel to the earth's axis..

Ascians :: Ascians (n. pl.) Persons who, at certain times of the year, have no shadow at noon; -- applied to the inhabitants of the torrid zone, who have, twice a year, a vertical sun..

Penumbra :: Penumbra (n.) An incomplete or partial shadow.

Shadowless :: Shadowless (a.) Having no shadow.

Silhouette :: Silhouette (n.) A representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be..

Umbra :: Umbra (n.) The conical shadow projected from a planet or satellite, on the side opposite to the sun, within which a spectator could see no portion of the sun's disk; -- used in contradistinction from penumbra. See Penumbra..

Quadrat :: Quadrat (n.) An old instrument used for taking altitudes; -- called also geometrical square, and line of shadows..

Overshadow :: Overshadow (v. t.) Fig.: To cover with a superior influence.

Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To cloud; to darken; to cast a gloom over.

Gnomon :: Gnomon (n.) A style or column erected perpendicularly to the horizon, formerly used in astronomocal observations. Its principal use was to find the altitude of the sun by measuring the length of its shadow..

Overshade :: Overshade (v. t.) To cover with shade; to render dark or gloomy; to overshadow.

Stile :: Stile (n.) A pin set on the face of a dial, to cast a shadow; a style. See Style..

Shadowish :: Shadowish (a.) Shadowy; vague.

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