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cronicall
† cronicall, -ychall short for acronychal.1647 H. More Song of Soul ii. iii. iii. lxxii, Saturn, Jove, and Mars..When they go down with setting Cronicall. ― Interp. Gen. 425 Cronychall, or Acronychall, that is ἀκρόνυχος, vespertine.
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Canopus
Under the Ptolemies, the star was known as Ptolemaion (Greek: Πτολεμαῖον) and its acronychal rising marked the date of the Ptolemaia festival, which was
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acronyctous
acronyctous (ˌækrəʊˈnɪktəs) [f. Gr. ἀκρόνυκτ-ος, an occas. variant of ἀκρόνυχος; see acronych.] = acronychal. (In mod. Dicts.)
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acronychally
acronychally, adv. (əˈkrɒnɪkəlɪ) [f. prec. + -ly2.] In an acronychal manner; at the acronychal time; at sunset or nightfall.1594 Blundeville Exerc. iv. 34 (ed. 7) 491 Turne the degree of the Sunne unto the West part of the Horizon, and..marke what starres are ready to go downe with him, for those ar...
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Pleiades in folklore and literature
It was from this acronychal rising that the Pleiades became associated with tears and mourning.
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acronycal
acronychal, acronycal, a. (əˈkrɒnɪkəl) Also acronical, achronical, achronycal, acronichal. [f. prec. + -al1. Incorrectly spelt achronical, as if derived from χρόνος time; and with many intermediate forms.] Happening in the evening or at night-fall, vespertine, as the acronychal rising or setting of ...
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acronych
acronych, a. (əˈkrɒnɪk) Also 7 acronick. [ad. Gr. ἀκρόνυχ-ος at nightfall, vespertine; f. ἄκρος tip, point + νύξ night. Cf. Fr. acronyque.] = acronychal.1594 Davis Seaman's Secrets ii. (1609) 25 The triple rising and setting of the Starres, Cosmice, Acronyce, and Heliace. 1652 Urquhart Jewel Wks. 18...
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acro-
acro- Gr. ἀκρο- combining form of ἄκρος a. terminal, highest, topmost; n. a tip, point, extremity, peak, summit; as in ἀκρό-λιθος stone-tipped, acrolith; ἀκρόπολις the highest city, Acropolis; ἀκρόνυχ-ος happening at the point of night-fall, acronychal. Largely used in its various senses to form mod...
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poetical
poetical, a. (pəʊˈɛtɪkəl) [f. L. poēticus (see prec.) + -al1: see -ical.] 1. Of, belonging to, or proper to poets or poetry. (= poetic a. 1.) poetical justice, licence: see the ns.c 1384 Chaucer H. Fame iii. 5 Here art poetical be shewed. 1530 Palsgr. 44 Whiche auctors do rather by a lycence poetyca...
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