contrantiscionn.
/kɒntranˈtɪʃɪən/ Astrology.
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contrantiscion1647
antiscion1658
1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. xvi. 92 So are there contrantiscions, which we find to be of the nature of a □ or ☍.
1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Contra Antiscion, the degree and Minute in the Ecliptick, opposite to the Antiscion.
1819 J. Wilson Compl. Dict. Astrol. at Parallels The two former are called contra antiscions to the two latter, because, although their declination is the same in number, it is different in name, one being north and the other south declination.
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n.1647- pushstick
- put etc the mask
- put every iron in the fire
- put fair
- put fire to flax
- put fire to tow
- put first things first
- put food on the table
- put foot
- put footing
- put for farm
- put for it
- put formerly also lay a dog on the scent
- put formerly also lay on the scent
- put forth
- put forth in press
- put forward
- put full nelson on
- put full nelson on someone
- put get into one's gears
- put ginger
- put gold-weight
- put goldweight
- put grow out of heart
- put hand in