PERISCII
\pˈɛɹɪsˌɪa͡ɪ], \pˈɛɹɪsˌɪaɪ], \p_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_s_ˌɪ__aɪ]\
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Those who live within a polar circle, whose shadows, during some summer days, will move entirely round, falling toward every point of the compass.
By Oddity Software
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Those who live within a polar circle, whose shadows, during some summer days, will move entirely round, falling toward every point of the compass.
By Noah Webster.
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pe-rish'i-[=i], n.pl. the people within the polar circle, because their shadows, on some days in summer, move round in a complete circle, owing to the fact that on those days the sun does not set.--adj. PERIS'CIAN. [Gr. periskios, throwing a shadow all round; peri, around, skia, a shadow.]
By Thomas Davidson
