dragon's tailn.

Etymology: See dragon n.¹ 8b.

a. Astronomy. The descending node of the moon's orbit with the ecliptic (marked ☋).

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the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > lunar orbit > [noun] > node > descending

dragon's tail1608

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear ii. 124 My Father compounded with my Mother vnder the Dragons taile, and my natiuitie was vnder Vrsa maior .

1786 J. Bonnycastle Introd. Astron. 415 Dragon's Tail, or the Descending Node, is the southern intersection of the moon's orbit with the ecliptic.

1819 J. Wilson Compl. Dict. Astrol.

b. Heraldry. The name of the tincture murrey or sanguine, in blazoning by the heavenly bodies.

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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic tincture > [noun] > colour > sanguine

sanguine1562

dragon's tail1706

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Dragons-tail..signifies the Murrey Colour in the Coats of Soveraign Princes.

1766 ‘M. A. Porny’ Elem. Heraldry Gloss.

2. Palmistry. The discriminal line.

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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > palmistry > [noun] > mark on the hand > other lines

line of the livera1440

sister1558

headline1571

liver line1571

discriminal1652

heart line1652

line of (the) sun1653

natural line1653

sun line1653

dragon's tail1678

fate-line1889

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) at Restrict Line In Chiromancy..is otherwise called the Discriminal line, and also the Dragons tail.

1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 224/1 The dragon's tail, or discriminal line, between the hand and arm.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	dragons tail
释义	dragon's tailn. Etymology: See dragon n.¹ 8b. 1. a. Astronomy. The descending node of the moon's orbit with the ecliptic (marked ☋). ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > lunar orbit > [noun] > node > descending dragon's tail1608 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear ii. 124 My Father compounded with my Mother vnder the Dragons taile, and my natiuitie was vnder Vrsa maior . View more context for this quotation 1786 J. Bonnycastle Introd. Astron. 415 Dragon's Tail, or the Descending Node, is the southern intersection of the moon's orbit with the ecliptic. 1819 J. Wilson Compl. Dict. Astrol. b. Heraldry. The name of the tincture murrey or sanguine, in blazoning by the heavenly bodies. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic tincture > [noun] > colour > sanguine sanguine1562 dragon's tail1706 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Dragons-tail..signifies the Murrey Colour in the Coats of Soveraign Princes. 1766 ‘M. A. Porny’ Elem. Heraldry Gloss. 2. Palmistry. The discriminal line. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination by natural phenomena > palmistry > [noun] > mark on the hand > other lines line of the livera1440 sister1558 headline1571 liver line1571 discriminal1652 heart line1652 line of (the) sun1653 natural line1653 sun line1653 dragon's tail1678 fate-line1889 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) at Restrict Line In Chiromancy..is otherwise called the Discriminal line, and also the Dragons tail. 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 224/1 The dragon's tail, or discriminal line, between the hand and arm. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1608
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