Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for ZE'NITH
ZE'NITH, n. [Fr.; It. zenit; Sp. zenit or cenit. I have not found the oriental original.]
That point in the visible celestial hemisphere, which is vertical to the spectator, and from which a direct perpendicular line passing through the spectator, and extended, would proceed to the center of the earth. It is opposed to nadir.
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