(a) Astron. The elliptical path followed by the center of a planet's epicycle as it appears to move about the earth; also, a representation of such an orbit on the instrument called an equatorie; (b)……
In phrase ecliptik line, (a) astron. the great circle of the celestial sphere which is the apparent orbit of the sun, the ecliptic; also, the circle on the astrolabe corresponding to the celestial……
(a) An unmarried woman, usually young; wif or (nor) maid, wif other maid, maid or wif, maid widwe or wif, wif ne maid ne widwe; (b) a woman, as distinguished from a man; (c) a girl, a young girl; maid……
