colure
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"Where the four circles, the horizon, the zodiac, the equator, and the equinoctial colure, join; the last threeintersecting each other so as to form three crosses, as may be seen in the armillary sphere." v.
From Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Complete by Cary, Henry Francis
The equator, ecliptic, and equinoctial colure intersect each other at a point close to the star η.
From A Field Book of the Stars by Olcott, William Tyler
Inside the latter is a meridian circle, at right angles to which is a graduated colure; then the equator, apparently a double ring, and the ecliptic; also two diametric bars.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry
Note the star μ, which serves to point out the Winter Solstice, where the solstitial colure intersects the ecliptic.
From A Field Book of the Stars by Olcott, William Tyler
He is now advancing among the stars, and will soon be again upon the equinoctial colure.
