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221 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DESCENSION.6 (Noah Webster)
Descension of a sign, is an arch of the equator, which sets with such a sign or part of the zodiac, or any planet in it.
222 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DIGNITY.9 (Noah Webster)
8. In astrology, an advantage which a planet has on account of its being in some particular place of the zodiac, or in a particular station in respect to other planets.
223 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DIRECT.3 (Noah Webster)
2. In astronomy, appearing to move forward in the zodiac, in the direction of the sign; opposed to retrograde; as, the motion of a planet is direct.
224 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISASTER.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A blast or stroke of an unfavorable planet.
225 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISASTER.4 (Noah Webster)
DISASTER, v.t. To blast by the stroke of an unlucky planet; also, to injure; to afflict.
226 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISCORDANT.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Opposite; contrarious; not coincident; as the discordant attractions of comets, or of different planets.
227 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISK.2 (Noah Webster)
1. The body and face of the sun, moon or a planet, as it appears to us on the earth; or the body and face of the earth, as it appears to a spectator in the moon.
228 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISPOSITOR.1 (Noah Webster)
DISPOSITOR, n. A disposer; in astrology, the planet which is lord of the sign where another planet is. [Not used.]
229 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISTURB.4 (Noah Webster)
… the planets in their orbits. An unexpected cause may disturb a chemical operation, or the operation of medicine.
230 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DRAGONS-HEAD.2 (Noah Webster)
Dragons Head and Tail, in astronomy, are the nodes of the planets, or the two points in which the orbits of the planets intersect the ecliptic.
231 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EARTH.4 (Noah Webster)
… primary planets, revolving round the sun in an orbit which is between those of Venus and Mars. It is nearly eight thousand miles in diameter, and twenty five …
232 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ECCENTRICITY.3 (Noah Webster)
2. In astronomy, the distance of the center of a planet’s orbit from the center of the sun; that is, the distance between the center of an ellipsis and its focus.
233 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ELONGATE.4 (Noah Webster)
ELONGATE, v.i. To depart from; to recede; to move to a greater distance; particularly, to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.
234 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ELONGATING.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Receding to a greater distance, particularly as a planet from the sun in its orbit.
235 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. ELONGATION.7 (Noah Webster)
5. In astronomy, the recess of a planet from the sun, as it appears to the eye of a spectator on the earth; apparent departure of a planet from the sun in its orbit; as the elongation of Venus or Mercury.
236 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EMERGE.4 (Noah Webster)
We say, a planet emerges from the sun’s light; a star emerging from chaos. It is opposed to immerge.
237 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EMERGE.7 (Noah Webster)
The sun is said to emerge, when the moon ceases to obscure its light; the satellites of Jupiter emerge, when they appear beyond the limb of the planet.
238 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EPHEMERIS.3 (Noah Webster)
… the planets or heavenly orbs; a table, or collection of tables, exhibiting the places of all the planets every day at noon. From these tables are calculated …
239 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EPHEMERIST.1 (Noah Webster)
EPHEMERIST, n. One who studies the daily motions and positions of the planets; an astrologer.
240 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. EPICYCLE.1 (Noah Webster)
… a planet, is carried along with it, and yet by its own peculiar motion, carries the body of the planet fastened to it round its proper center.