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Revised 2018

zenith starnoun

  1. 1589–
    1. 1589
      The Zenith, or Verticall starre , which is the point of the firmament directly ouer a mans head, wheresoeuer he standeth.
      P. Jones, translation of A. Meyer, Certaine Instr. Gentlemen ii. 4
    2. 1709
      A small Prick with the Point of a small Needle, through your proper Zenith Star or Point in the Celestial Planisphere, would make a particular Impression or Mark upon the Place or City in the Terrestrial Planisphere.
      G. Keith, Geogr. & Navigation Compleated 10
    3. 1817
      When zenith-stars were trembling on the wave.
      P. B. Shelley, Laon & Cythna vii. xx. 166
    4. 1903
      This Trafalgar Will..Pitt exalt As zenith-star of England's firmament.
      T. Hardy, Dynasts i.v. v
    5. 2013
      The position of any island can be fixed by identifying its zenith star.
      D. Scarr, History of Pacific Islands ii. iii. 31

Originally published as part of the entry for zenith, n. & adj.

zenith, n. & adj. was revised in June 2018.