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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

luna

moon +

sistere

to cause to stand. Cf.

(Astron.)

The farthest point of the moon’s northing and southing, in its monthly revolution.

[Obs.]

Noun.

[L. luna, the moon, and sto, steti, or sisto, to stand.]

The farthest point of the moon's northing and southing, in its monthly revolution.