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Webster 1913 Edition
Amphiscians
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Am-phis′ci-i
,Am-phis′cians
, }Noun.
pl.
[Gr. [GREEK] throwing a shadow both ways;
ἀμφί
+ [GREEK] shadow.] The inhabitants of the tropic, whose shadows in one part of the year are cast to the north, and in the other to the south, according as the sun is south or north of their zenith.
Webster 1828 Edition
Amphiscians
AMPHIS'CIANS
,Noun.
In geography, the inhabitants of the tropics, whose shadows, in one part of the year, are cast to the north, and in the other, to the south, according as the sun is in the southern or northern signs.