ARMIL

Noun

armil (plural armils)

Alternative form of armill

Anagrams

• Irlam, maril

Source: Wiktionary


Ar"mil, n. Etym: [L. armilla a bracelet, fr. armus arm: cf. OF. armille.]

1. A bracelet. [Obs.]

2. An ancient astronomical instrument.

Note: When composed of one ring placed in the plane of the equator for determining the time of the equinoxes, it is called an equinoctial armil; when of two or more rings, one in the plane of the meridian, for observing the solstices, it is called a solstitial armil. Whewell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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