COLURES

Noun

colures

plural of colure

Anagrams

• Clouser, closure

Source: Wiktionary


COLURE

Co*lure", n.; pl. Colures. Etym: [F. colure, L. coluri, pl., fr. Gr. (Astron. & Geog.)

Definition: One of two great circles intersecting at right angles in the poles of the equator. One of them passes through the equinoctial points, and hence is denominated the equinoctial colure; the other intersects the equator at the distance of 90ΒΊ from the former, and is called the solstitial colure. Thrice the equinoctial line He circled; four times crossed the car of night From pole to pole, traversing each colure. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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