Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AL'MU-CAN-TAR
ALMS-MEN, or ALMS-PEO-PLEAL'MU-CAN-TAR'S-STAFF
AL'MU-CAN-TAR, n. [Arabic.]
A series of circles of the sphere passing through the center of the sun, or of a star, parallel to the horizon. It is synonymous with a parallel of altitude, whose common zenith is the vertical point. – Bailey. Encyc. Johnson.
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