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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ALMACANTAR

n.[See Almucantar. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ALMACANTAR

ALMACANTAR Al `ma *can "tar, n. (Astron.)(a ) Same as Almucantar. (b ) A recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See Almucantar.