The satellites, or moons, revolving about some of the primary planets the moon being our satellite.
·noun A secondary quill. II. Secondary ·noun A secondary circle. III. Secondary ·noun A <<Satellit...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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The Sailor's Word-Book
This name, the opposite of superior, is applied to Mercury and Venus, because they revolve in orbits...
See asteroids. ...
Those beautiful opaque bodies which revolve about the sun as a centre, in nearly circular orbits. (S...
Those which revolve about the sun as a centre, outside the earth's orbit; the opposite of inferior. ...
Ireland: so called from the frequent rains in that island. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose