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sideral, a.|ˈsaɪdərəl, ˈsɪdərəl|
Also 6 syderall, 7–8 -al; 7 siderall.
[ad. L. sīderālis, f. sīder-, sīdus constellation, star. Cf. F. sidéral, † syderal (16th cent.).]
1. Of or pertaining to the stars; sidereal, starry.
1594Blundevil Exerc. ii. i. xxxviii. (1597) 170 b, The Astronomicall yeare is either Tropicall or Syderall. 1653Gataker Vind. Annot. Jer. 48 He sends for those of his Egyptian Wizards, whome he deemed most skilful in the Sideral Science. 1683Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing 38 The Syderal Observations set forth in Tycho's name. 1807J. Barlow Columb. x. 7 So shone the earth, as if the sideral train, Broad as full suns, had sail'd the ethereal plain. 1870Emerson Soc. & Solit. Wks. (Bohn) III. 2, I who am only waiting..to..put diameters of the..sideral orbits between me and all souls.
2. Coming from, caused by, the stars. Chiefly of malign influences.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xiii. §27 As if it had beene a syderall infection or generall Lunacy. 1667Milton P.L. x. 693 These changes in the Heav'ns..produc'd..sideral blast, Vapour, and Mist, and Exhalation hot. 1708J. Philips Cyder i. 31 The vernal nippings and cold syderal blasts. 1799Monthly Rev. XXX. 570 The virgin mud, fecundated..by the sideral influence. 1805Poet. Reg. 175 Worse than mildew hoar Or Sideral blast is he. |