Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Casting a long shadow, as persons or objects in high latitudes.
- n. One who casts a long shadow; specifically, an inhabitant of the arctic or the antarctic zone: so called because objects near the poles intercept the sun's rays at a very low angle, and therefore cast very long shadows. Compare antiscian.
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Oddments culled from my "main" lists that belong in a display cabinet of their own, plus sundry other curiosities. :-)
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jeffazi 1. One casting a long shadow.
2. One who inhabits polar regions. Nov 20, 2007
sumit or one who lives in polar regions. Apparently Nov 16, 2007
fbharjo macroscian long shadow Jan 16, 2007