cardinal signs

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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...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• 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.

• Street Signs

  This method of indicating houses is one that was adopted by the Romans and has come down to us from ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• ascending signs

  Those in which the sun appears to ascend towards the north pole, or in which his motion in declinati...

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• autumnal signs

  Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius. ...

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• descending signs

  Those in which the sun appears to descend from the north pole, or in which his motion in declination...

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• cardinal points

  The general name by which the north, east, south, and west rhumbs of the horizon are distinguished. ...

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• cardinal winds

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

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• Cardinal Alley, Cornhill

  See Swan and Hoop Passage. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• signs of the zodiac

  The emblems of the twelve divisions, into which the ancients divided the zodiac. ...

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• Cardinal Cap Alley, Cornhill

  See Swan and Hoop Passage. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• 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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