† solsticyn.
Obsolete.
Solstice. Also figurative.
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stinting of the suna1387
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standing of the sun?1440
solstitium?1521
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1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. diijv The fashion of the heauen, the Æquinox, the Solsticie, and the course of the sterres.
1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge i. iii. sig. B4 You arriue euen in the Solsticie, And highest point of sun-shine happinesse.
1620 T. Middleton & W. Rowley World Tost sig. B3 When the high-heated yeere, Is in her Solsticie.
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