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Sextile :: Sextile (n.) The aspect or position of two planets when distant from each other sixty degrees, or two signs. This position is marked thus: /..

Removed :: Removed (a.) Distant in location; remote.

Nigh :: Nigh (prep.) Near to; not remote or distant from.

Octant :: Octant (n.) The position or aspect of a heavenly body, as the moon or a planet, when half way between conjunction, or opposition, and quadrature, or distant from another body 45 degrees..

Parallel :: Parallel (n.) A line which, throughout its whole extent, is equidistant from another line; a parallel line, a parallel plane, etc..

Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship..

Bearing :: Bearing (n.) The situation of a distant object, with regard to a ship's position, as on the bow, on the lee quarter, etc.; the direction or point of the compass in which an object is seen; as, the bearing of the cape was W. N. W..

Antisolar :: Antisolar (a.) Opposite to the sun; -- said of the point in the heavens 180¡ distant from the sun.

Equidistant :: Equidistant (a.) Being at an equal distance from the same point or thing.

Equi- :: Equi- () A prefix, meaning equally; as, equidistant; equiangular..

Spyism :: Spyglass (n.) A small telescope for viewing distant terrestrial objects.

Aerolite :: Aerolite (n.) A stone, or metallic mass, which has fallen to the earth from distant space; a meteorite; a meteoric stone..

Unneighborly :: Unneighborly (a.) Not neighborly; distant; reserved; solitary; exclusive.

Soho :: Soho (interj.) Ho; -- a word used in calling from a distant place; a sportsman's halloo.

Sparse :: Sparse (superl.) Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; -- applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like..

Halfway :: Halfway (a.) Equally distant from the extremes; situated at an intermediate point; midway.

Unco :: Unco (a.) Unknown; strange, or foreign; unusual, or surprising; distant in manner; reserved..

Utmost :: Utmost (a.) Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge..

Midland :: Midland (a.) Being in the interior country; distant from the coast or seashore; as, midland towns or inhabitants..

Espy :: Espy (v. t.) To catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; to discover, as a distant object partly concealed, or not obvious to notice; to see at a glance; to discern unexpectedly; to spy; as, to espy land; to espy a man in a crowd..

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