ascian

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n. - joint or articulation connecting two bones. artuate v. - to tear limb from limb adj. - like or pertaining to a reed. ascian

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  1. A person who casts no shadow at noon. The inhabitants of the torrid zone alone fulfil this condition, having the sun twice a year in their zenith at noon.

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  • n. - joint or articulation connecting two bones. artuate v. - to tear limb from limb adj. - like or pertaining to a reed. ascian —  xml's Blinklist.com
 

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  1. from Latin ascius, from Greek ᾰσκιος, without shadow, from ἀ- privative + σκιά, shadow.
 

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