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Webster 1913 Edition
Armillary
Ar′mil-la-ry
,Adj.
[LL. ]
armillarius
, fr. L. armilla
arm ring, bracelet, fr. armus
arm: cf. F. armillaire
. See Arm
, Noun.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring; consisting of rings or circles.
Armillary sphere
, an ancient astronomical machine composed of an assemblage of rings, all circles of the same sphere, designed to represent the positions of the important circles of the celestial sphere.
Nichol.
Webster 1828 Edition
Armillary
'ARMILLARY
,Adj.
Resembling a bracelet, or ring; consisting of rings or circles. It is chiefly applied to an aritificial sphere, composed of a number of circles of the mundane sphere, put together intheir natural order, to assist in giving a just conception of the constitution of the heavens, and the motions of the celestial bodies. This aritificial sphere revolves upon its axis within a horizon, divided into degrees, and movable every way upon a brass supporter.