meridian of any place, and ends at his return to it again.

Degree. The 360th part of a circle.

Digit. A measure by which the quantity of an eclipse is ascertained. The body eclipsed is supposed to be divided into twelve parts called digits ; and as many of those parts as are eclipsed, so many digits is the body eclipsed.

Disc. An apparently plane round surface.

Emer'sion. The re-appearance of a planet, or the sun, after being eclipsed.

Focus. The point where rays meet.

Heliocentric. The place in which a planet would appear, if seen from the sun.

Immer'sion. The entrance of the earth, moon, &c. into each other's shadow.

Mean Distance. That between the greatest and least distance of a planet from the sun.

Ingress. The sun's entrance into any sign or degree of the ecliptic.

Lens. A glass; plane, concave, or convex. Lunar aspects, are aspects of the moon with the sun and planets; as opposition, trine, quartile, &c.

Nadir. The point immediately beneath our feet. Nebula. A mist or fog, or cloud-like appearance. Nodes. The two points where the orbit of a planet crosses the ecliptic.

Occultation of a planet, &c., its obscuration; the time it is hid or eclipsed.

Orbit of a planet; the line described by its revo lution round some greater body, as that of the earth round the sun; or of the moon round the earth.

Parallax, is the difference between the altitude of an object, as viewed from the centre of the earth or sun, and as viewed from the surface.

Parhelia. Mock suns. Two have been sometimes seen at once; they are caused by the reflection of the true sun from opposite or distant clouds.

Penumbra. An imperfect shadow, such as takes place in a partial eclipse.

Perigee. The situation of a planet in its orbit, when nearest the earth.

Perihelion. The place of a planet in its orbit nearest the sun.

Phases, of the moon, &c. The different forms of increase and decrease which she presents during the time of each revolution.

Phenom'enon. Some extraordinary appearance-in the works of nature.

Plane. A level surface, or flat superficies.

Quartile.. An aspect of the planets when they are three signs, or ninety degrees, from each other.

Retrograde motion. A moving backwards. Revolution of a planet. Its course in its orbit round the sun.

Rotation of a planet on its axis. The act of whirling round like a wheel. One complete rotation of a planet forms its day.

Sextile. The aspects of the planets, when at the distance of two signs, or sixty degrees, from each other.

Stellar. Relating to the stars: and Stellated, bestudded, like or with stars.

Transit. The passage of any planet just by, or under, any other heavenly body.

Va'cuum.

A space unoccupied by nature; but it is supposed that there is no such thing as a perfect vacuum in nature.

Vertical. In a direction perpendicular to the horizon; placed in the zenith.

Agrémens, ornaments, charms.

Aide-de-camp, adjutant to a field-officer.
A la Française, in the French fashion.
A la mode, in the fashion, fashionable.
A l'Anglaise, after the English fashion.
Amende honorable, honourable satisfaction.
Antique, ancient, or antiquity.

A propos, to the purpose, to the point.

Argent comptant, ready money.

Avant courier, a forerunner.

Auto da fé (Spanish), act of faith.

Au désespoir, in despair.

Au naturel, to the life.

Bagatelle, a trifle.

Beau, a man dressed fashionably.

Belle, a woman of fashion.

Beau monde, people of fashion, the fashionable world..

Belles lettres, polite literature.

Billet doux, a love-letter.

Bonne bouche, a nice morsel.

Bon goût, fine taste.

Bon mot, a witty saying.

Bon ton, high life, the fashionable world.

Boudoir, a small private apartment.
Bon vivant, a jovial fellow.

Carte blanche, unconditional terms.
Chapeau de bras, a hat for the arm.
Château, a country seat.
Chef d'œuvre, a master-piece.
Ci-devant, lately, or formerly.
Comme il faut, as it should be.
Con amore (Italian), gladly.
Congé d'élire, permission to choose.
Cordon, a line.

Corps, a body, or company of men.
Corps diplomatique, the diplomatic body.
Coup d'éclat, a remarkable action.
Coup d'essai, a trial, an attempt.
Coup de grâce, a finishing stroke.
Coup de main, a sudden enterprise.
Coup d'ail, prospect, view, glance.

De bon cœur, heartily.
Debut, beginning, entrance.
Dénouement, discovery.

De pied en cap, from top to toe.
Depôt, store or magazine.

Dernier ressort, the last resort.

Dieu et mon droit, God and my right.
Diseur de bons mots, a sayer of good things.
Double entendre, double meaning.

Douceur, a present or bribe.

Droit des gens, the right of nations.

Du fort au foible, from the strong to the weak.

Eau bénite de cour, the holy water of the court, court promises.

Eclaircissement, an elucidation.
Eclat, splendour, applause.
Elève, pupil.

En badinant, in fun.

En bon point, jolly.

Encore, again.

Enfans perdus, lost children.

Enfant gáté, a spoiled child.

En flûte, carrying guns on the upper deck.

En masse, in a mass, in a body.

Ennui, wearisomeness.

En passant, by the way.

En plein jour, in open day.

Entrée, entrance, admission.

Entre nous, between ourselves.

En vérité, indeed.

Esprit de corps, the spirit of the body or party.