equinoctial
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The weather was fine, the equinoctials all past, and the sea gently flowing.
From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by Campbell, John
One evening, in the autumn-time, and just when we were beginning to look out for the equinoctials, the Lively Nan was lying with her anchor a-peak—for we didn't mean to stay long—in Yarmouth Roads.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 426 Volume 17, New Series, February 28, 1852 by Chambers, William
There is no need for the anchor-watch that Hamish was insisting on: the equinoctials are not likely to begin on such a night as this.
From Macleod of Dare by Black, William
Nor is it often tough-fibred enough to weather the stress of the first years of married life; and come through the equinoctials of the inevitable adjustment unshattered and unwrecked.
From The Genius by Potter, Margaret Horton
But Captain Bain was a fervent believer in the inevitability of equinoctials, and prophesied gales ahead, and the worse for being overdue.
From Maid of the Mist by Oxenham, John
Vocabulary lists containing equinoctial
"Sestina" by Elizabeth Bishop
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