zodiac line, n.

zodiac-line
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# † zodiac linenoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zodiac line mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zodiac line. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

This word is now obsolete. It is only recorded in the late 1500s.

#### Entry status

OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

### Where does the noun zodiac line come from?

Earliest known use

late 1500s

The only known use of the noun zodiac line is in the late 1500s.

OED's only evidence for zodiac line is from 1590, in the writing of Thomas Watson, poet and translator.

### Nearby entries

1. zoanthus, n. 1841–
2. zoarial, adj. 1896–
3. zoarium, n. 1880–
4. zob, n. 1911–
5. zocalo, n. 1884–
6. zocco, n. 1664–1723
7. zocle, n. 1704–
8. zoco, n. 1892–
9. zodiac, n. 1390–
10. zodiacal, adj. 1576–
11. zodiac line, n.1590
12. zodiac ring, n. 1895–
13. zodiographer, n. 1650
14. zoea, n. 1828–
15. zoeal, adj.?1870–
16. zoetrope, n. 1866–
17. zographer, n. 1570
18. zography, n. 1570
19. zograscope, n. 1753–
20. Zohar, n. 1682–
21. zoic, adj. 1863–

## Meaning & use

Obsolete.

1. 1590
   The zodiac.
   1. 1590

      > Ye Figures in the Zodiacke line, that decke heauns girdle with æternall light.

      T. Watson, Poems (Arb.) 157
   astrology
   1. zodiac 1390–
      Astronomy. A belt of the celestial sphere extending about 8 or 9 degrees on each side of the ecliptic, within which the apparent motions of the…
   2. signifer a1413–1867
      = zodiac, n. 1a. Also personified. Obsolete (rare after 17th cent.).
   3. zodiac circle 1447–
   4. zodiac line 1590
      The zodiac.
   5. baldric 1596–
      figurative. The zodiac, viewed as a gem-studded belt.
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Originally published as part of the entry for zodiac, n.

zodiac, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.