Colure
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One of two great circles intersecting at right angles in thepoles of the equator. One of them passes through the equinoctialpoints, and hence is denominated the equinoctial colure; the otherintersects the equator at the distance of 90º from the former, and iscalled the solstitial colure.Thrice the equinoctial line He circled; four times crossed the car ofnight From pole to pole, traversing each colure. Milton.
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Either of two great circles intersecting at right angles at the celestial poles and passing through the ecliptic at either the equinoxes or the solstices.
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the [cooperative] effort of [luring].
can be anything from [fishing] to kids in a van
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