Equinoctial :: Equinoctial (a.) Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line..
Equinoctial :: Equinoctial (a.) Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial line or equator; in or near that line; as, equinoctial heat; an equinoctial sun..
Equinoctial :: Equinoctial (a.) Pertaining to the time when the sun enters the equinoctial points; as, an equinoctial gale or storm, that is, one happening at or near the time of the equinox, in any part of the world..
Equinox :: Equinox (n.) The time when the sun enters one of the equinoctial points, that is, about March 21 and September 22. See Autumnal equinox, Vernal equinox, under Autumnal and Vernal..
Equinox :: Equinox (n.) Equinoctial wind or storm.
Harlequin :: Harlequin (n.) A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of Italian comedy..
Harlequin :: Harlequin (n. i.) To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.
Harlequin :: Harlequin (v. t.) Toremove or conjure away, as by a harlequin's trick..
Harlequinade :: Harlequinade (n.) A play or part of play in which the harlequin is conspicuous; the part of a harlequin.
Lambrequin :: Lambrequin (n.) A kind of pendent scarf or covering attached to the helmet, to protect it from wet or heat..
Lambrequin :: Lambrequin (n.) A leather flap hanging from a cuirass.
Lambrequin :: Lambrequin (n.) A piece of ornament drapery or short decorative hanging, pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a window, hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like..
Manequin :: Manequin (n.) An artist's model of wood or other material.
Ramequin :: Ramequin (n.) A mixture of cheese, eggs, etc., formed in a mold, or served on bread..
Requin :: Requin (n.) The man-eater, or white shark (Carcharodon carcharias); -- so called on account of its causing requiems to be sung..
Ribaudequin :: Ribaudequin (n.) An engine of war used in the Middle Ages, consisting of a protected elevated staging on wheels, and armed in front with pikes. It was (after the 14th century) furnished with small cannon..
Ribaudequin :: Ribaudequin (n.) A huge bow fixed on the wall of a fortified town for casting javelins.
Sequin :: Sequin (n.) An old gold coin of Italy and Turkey. It was first struck at Venice about the end of the 13th century, and afterward in the other Italian cities, and by the Levant trade was introduced into Turkey. It is worth about 9s. 3d. sterling, or about $2.25. The different kinds vary somewhat in value..