(a) Astron. Retrograde (motion); (b) bak-ward returning, recoiling (from what is difficult); (c) at a disadvantage. …

(a) Med. Of a disease: at the turning point for better or worse, at the crisis; (b) as noun: bi wei of cretik, at the critical or decisive stage, at the crisis. …

(a) Clear, unclouded; bright, reflecting light; (b) astron. heven cristallin, cristallin heven, the crystalline sphere, a clear heaven variously placed by various astronomers; (c) anat. cristallin……

(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)……

(a) Of a room, the underworld, the grave, etc.: lacking illumination; dark, dusky, dismal; also fig.; (b) of the atmosphere, the weather, etc.: dark (night); lowering, threatening (clouds, weather)……

(a) Of an instrument: straight; (b) of a belief: straightforward; (c) astron. proceeding in the order of the zodiacal signs, in the same direction as the sun in its annual motion in the ecliptic, i.e……

Astron. A planetary orbit of which the earth is not the exact center. …

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……

Astron. Oblique, slanting, at an angle; embelif cercle, the ecliptic. …

(a) Fixed in position, implanted, lodged; unwavering; (b) astron. not varying in position, fixed; also fig.; fix sterre; (c) alch. invariable, not transmutable. …

(a) Large; gros glot (spiking), a kind of large nail or spike; (b) anat. of bodily parts, organs, structures: large, thick. …

(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……

(a) In a middle state between two extremes; (b) phys. & physiol. of color, temperament, food, etc.: of a mixed quality or character; (c) moderate in size or quantity; mene assise [see assise n. 6]……

(a) Belonging to midday or noontime; (b) southern; (c) astron. altitude meridian, the elevation of the sun at midday; ark meridian, the arc of the celestial meridian of a given place which is……

Astron. Pertaining to the sun's position at noon; altitude meridional, meridional altitude, the elevation of the sun at midday; angle meridional, the southern 'house' of the zodiac; ark meridional……

(a) Obedient; willing to serve someone; also, willing to fulfill an obligation; obedient to, obedient unto; (b) as noun: obedient person; (c) obedient to (unto), subject to the rule of (sb. or sth.)……

Astron. Of the relative position of two heavenly bodies: quartile aspect, ninety degrees apart. …

(a) Astron. Of a planet: appearing to move in a direction contrary to the order of the zodiacal signs, retrograde; (b) unfortunate. …

Astron. Retrograde. …

(a) Straight, not crooked; right entraille (gut), the rectum; reule right, aligned straight as a ruler; (b) of a road, journey, etc.: direct; right wei, direct way, nearest way; (c) in fig. contexts……