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Aˊscii
Aˊscii [Ἄγκιοι of αprivat. and γκιὰ, Gr.a Shadow] those Inhabitants of the Globe, who at certain Times in the Year, have no Shadow at 12 a Clock, such are the Inhabitants of
the Torrid Zone, by reason that the Sun is sometimes Vertical to them.
Definition taken from
The Universal Etymological Dictionary,
edited by Nathan Bailey (1736)
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Asmatoˊgrapher