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Windrow :: Windrow (n.) Sheaves of grain set up in a row, one against another, that the wind may blow between them..

Vault :: Vault (n.) The canopy of heaven; the sky.

Tour :: Tour (v. t.) A turn; a revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly bodies..

Quadrature :: Quadrature (a.) The position of one heavenly body in respect to another when distant from it 90¡, or a quarter of a circle, as the moon when at an equal distance from the points of conjunction and opposition..

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves..

Almacantar :: Almacantar (n.) A recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See Almucantar.

Aloft :: Aloft (adv.) In the top; at the mast head, or on the higher yards or rigging; overhead; hence (Fig. and Colloq.), in or to heaven..

Astronomer :: Astronomer (n.) One who is versed in astronomy; one who has a knowledge of the laws of the heavenly orbs, or the principles by which their motions are regulated, with their various phenomena..

Ultrazodiacal :: Ultrazodiacal (a.) Outside the zodiac; being in that part of the heavens that is more than eight degrees from the ecliptic; as, ultrazodiacal planets, that is, those planets which in part of their orbits go beyond the zodiac..

East :: East (n.) The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox, or the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and which is toward the right hand of one who faces the north; the point directly opposite to the west..

Nativity :: Nativity (n.) A representation of the positions of the heavenly bodies as the moment of one's birth, supposed to indicate his future destinies; a horoscope..

Backstaff :: Backstaff (n.) An instrument formerly used for taking the altitude of the heavenly bodies, but now superseded by the quadrant and sextant; -- so called because the observer turned his back to the body observed..

Heave :: Heave (n.) An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, and the like..

Orb :: Orb (n.) A circle; esp., a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit..

Opposition :: Opposition (n.) The situation of a heavenly body with respect to another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180¡; -- signified by the symbol /; as, / / /, opposition of Jupiter to the sun..

Stuck-up :: Stuckle (n.) A number of sheaves set together in the field; a stook.

Starry :: Starriness (n.) The quality or state of being starry; as, the starriness of the heavens..

Pitchfork :: Pitchfork (n.) A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like..

Celestial :: Celestial (n.) An inhabitant of heaven.

Supercelestial :: Supercelestial (a.) Situated above the firmament, or great vault of heaven..

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