equinoctial line
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of equinoctial line
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400
Example Sentences
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Peel's politics to both sides so incline, He may be called the equinoctial line.
From The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings by Lemon, Mark
Such rivers abounded from the equinoctial line to the Gulf of St. Michael.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter
As I have before stated, we sailed from Lisbon—which is nearly forty degrees distant from the equinoctial line towards the north—to this country, which is fifty degrees on the other side of the line.
From Amerigo Vespucci by Ober, Frederick Albion
In this way he reached the territory on the equinoctial line, where are now Puerto Viejo and Manta.
From History of the Incas by Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir
This land is within the Torrid Zone, and beyond the equinoctial line on the south side, over which the Pole rises from the meridian 5�, beyond every climate.
From The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career by Casas, Bartolom? de las
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