| 单词 | mount of sun |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmount of (the) sun (c) mount of (the) sun: (also with capital initials in the first and last elements) the mount (mount n.1 5) at the base of the ring finger; cf. sun mount n. at Compounds 5a. [After Middle French Mont du Soleil (1558 in the passage translated in quot. 1566) and probably also post-classical Latin mons solis (1522 or earlier).] ΚΠ 1566 W. Painter tr. O. Landi Delectable Demaundes iii. f. 97 In Chiromancie, what signifieth it when the mount of the Sunne [Fr. le Mont du Soleil] is eleuated, or bowing downewarde? 1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie i. 53 The line of the Sun..takes its beginning out of the line of Fortune, and ascends, dividing the mount of the Sun straight to the ring-finger. 1735 Weekly Misc. 8 Mar. The Thumb..is call'd the Mount of Venus, the Fore finger the Mount of Jupiter, the Middle-finger the Mount of the Sun [etc.]. 1895 Arena (Boston) July 337 The sun line rises in plain of Mars (centre of palm) and runs up to the Mount of the Sun (below base of third finger). 1971 Astrol. Mag. Jan. 92/1 Persons with a good Mount of Sun..are very successful in their life. 1996 Evening Standard (Nexis) 20 Sept. 23 That perfect circle on the mount of the Sun means fame and riches. < as lemmas |
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