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181 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HEDGEHOG.5 (Noah Webster)
This fish belongs to the genus Diodon. It is covered with long spines, and has the power of inflating its body, whence the name globe-fish.
182 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HELISPHERIC.1 (Noah Webster)
HELISPHERIC, HELISPHERICAL, a. [helix and sphere.] Spiral. The helispherical line is the rhomb line in navigation, so called because on the globe it winds round the pole spirally, coming nearer and nearer to it, but never terminating in it.
183 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HEMISPHERE.1 (Noah Webster)
… or globe, when divided by a plane passing through its center. In astronomy, one half the mundane sphere. The equator divides the sphere into two equal parts …
184 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HEMISPHERE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A map or projection of half the terrestrial globe.
185 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. HEMISPHERICICAL.1 (Noah Webster)
HEMISPHERICICAL, a. Containing half a sphere or globe; as a hemispheric figure or form; a hemispherical body.
186 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. INDEX.9 (Noah Webster)
6. The index of a globe, or the gnomon, is a little style fitted on the north pole, which by turning with the globe, serves to point to certain divisions of the hour circle.
187 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LAKE.4 (Noah Webster)
… the globe, particularly the lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan and Superior.
188 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LAND.2 (Noah Webster)
… the globe, in distinction from the sea or other waters, which constitute the fluid or movable part. Hence we say, the globe is terraqueous, consisting of land …
189 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LAND.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Any portion of the solid, superficial part of the globe, whether a kingdom or country, or a particular region. The United States is denominated the land of freedom.
190 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LATITUDE.6 (Noah Webster)
4. In geography, the distance of any place on the globe, north or south of the equator. Boston is situated in the forty third degree of north latitude.
191 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LITHOGENESY.2 (Noah Webster)
The doctrine or science of the origin of minerals composing the globe, and of the causes which have produced their form and disposition.
192 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LONGITUDE.3 (Noah Webster)
… the globe from another place, eastward or westward; or the distance of any place from a given meridian. Boston, in Massachusetts, is situated in the 71st degree …
193 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MACE.1 (Noah Webster)
… crown, globe and cross.
194 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MAMMILLATED.1 (Noah Webster)
MAMMILLATED, a. Having small nipples, or little globes like nipples.
195 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MERIDIAN.2 (Noah Webster)
… the globe has its meridian, and when the sun arrives at this circle, it is mid-day or noon. whence the name. This circle may be considered to be drawn on the surface …
196 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. METEOR.3 (Noah Webster)
… brilliant globes or masses of matter which are occasionally seen moving rapidly through our atmosphere, and which throw off, with loud explosions, fragments …
197 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MOUNTAIN.1 (Noah Webster)
… the globe; but sometimes the word is used for a large hill. In general, mountain denotes an elevation higher and larger than a hill; as the Altaic mountains in …
198 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. MUTATION.3 (Noah Webster)
The vicissitude or mutations in the superior globe are no fit matter for this present argument.
199 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. NEPTUNIAN.4 (Noah Webster)
NEPTUNIAN, n. One who adopts the theory that the whole earth was once covered with water, or rather that the substances of the globe were formed from aqueous solution; opposed to the Plutonic theory.
200 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. NEPTUNIST.1 (Noah Webster)
NEPTUNIST, n. One who adopts the theory that the whole earth was once covered with water, or rather that the substances of the globe were formed from aqueous solution; opposed to the Plutonic theory.