cardinal points

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• Cardinal

  ·adj Mulled red wine. II. Cardinal ·adj A woman's short cloak with a hood. III. Cardinal ·adj Of f...

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• cardinal

  A cloak in fashion about the year 1760. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• cardinal

  The name of a woman's cloak; from the red or scarlet habit worn by cardinals.--Todd's Johnson. The c...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• points

  See reef-points. ♦ Armed at all points, is when a man is defended by armour cap-à-pie. ...

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• cardinal points of the ecliptic

  The equinoctial and solstitial points; namely, the commencement of Aries and Libra, and of Cancer an...

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• cardinal signs

  The zodiacal signs which the sun enters at the equinoxes and solstices. ...

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• cardinal winds

  Those from the due north, east, south, and west points of the compass. ...

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• equinoctial points

  See ecliptic. ...

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• reef-points

  Small flat pieces of plaited cordage or soft rope, tapering from the middle towards each end, whose ...

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• solstitial points

  The two points where the tropics meet the ecliptic, in longitude 90° and 270°. ...

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• stationary points

  Those points in a planet's orbit in which, as viewed from the earth, it appears to have no motion am...

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• Cardinal Alley, Cornhill

  See Swan and Hoop Passage. ...

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• points of service

  The principal details of duty, which ought to be executed with zeal and alacrity. ...

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• Cardinal Cap Alley, Cornhill

  See Swan and Hoop Passage. ...

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• good-at-all-points

  Practical in every particular. ...

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