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  • 91The Compass Rose — Infobox Book | name = The Compass Rose title orig = The Compass Rose translator = image caption = author = Ursula K. Le Guin cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Fantasy short stories publisher = Harper Row… …

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  • 92The Bill Episode 462 — ynopsisPCs Will Fletcher and Dan Casper race each other to a scene when they are informed there is a naked woman tied to a tree. PCs Tony Stamp, Roger Valentine and Leela Kapoor laugh when the naked woman turns out to be Evan Holmes, a spotty… …

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  • 94nadir — nadiral, adj. /nay deuhr, nay dear/, n. 1. Astron. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith. 2. Astrol. the point of a horoscope opposite the midheaven: the cusp of the… …

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  • 95NADIR SHAH —    king of Persia, born in Khorassan of low origin; began his career as a brigand; set himself at the head of 3000 brigands to deliver Persia from the yoke of the Afghans, and expelled them, rising by degrees to the sovereignty of Persia himself; …

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  • 96nadir — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Arabic naḍhīr opposite Date: 15th century 1. the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer 2. the lowest point …

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  • 97nadir — na•dir [[t]ˈneɪ dər, dɪər[/t]] n. 1) astron. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith 2) the lowest point; point of greatest adversity or despair • Etymology: 1350–1400; …

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  • 98nadir — n rock bottom, Sl. the pits, zero point, lowest point, lowest ebb, ebb tide, low tide; the depths, the bottom, the depths of despond …

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  • 99nadir — n. 1 the part of the celestial sphere directly below an observer (opp. ZENITH). 2 the lowest point in one s fortunes; a time of deep despair. Etymology: ME f. OF f. Arab. nazir (as samt) opposite (to the zenith) …

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  • 100NADIR —    name given to the part of the heavens directly under our feet, as zenith to that directly over our head …

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