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Sol'stice. — The time when the sun, in its annual revolution, 



arrives at that point in the ecliptic farthest north or south 



of the equator, or reaches its greatest northern or southera 



declination. 

 Star. — An apparently small, luminous body in the heavens, 



that shines in the night, or when its light is not obscured 



by clouds or lost in the brighter effulgence of the sun. 

 Sun. — The central body of our system, about which all the 



planets and comets revolve, and by which their motions 



are regulated and controlled. 

 Syz'ygy. — A common name for the period both of new and full 



moon, when the sun, the moon, and the earth are in one 



line. 

 Tau'rus (Lat., the Bull). — The second sign of the zodiac, 



which the sun enters about the 20th of April. 

 Vir'go (Lat., the Virgin). — The sixth sign of the zodiac, 



which the sun enters in August. 

 Ze'nith, — The point in the heavens directly overhead. 



HORSES. 



Hippopathorogy (Gr. hippos, a horse, pathos, a disease, and 

 logos, a discourse). — The science of the diseases of the 

 horse. 



Hipposteol'ogy (Gr. hippos, a horse, osteon, a bone, and logos, 

 a discourse). — Osteology of the horse. 



Hippot'omy (Gr. hippos, a horse, and tenino, to cut). — 

 Anatomy of the horse. 



Manege. — The art of horsemanship or of training horses. 



Vet'erinary Art (Lat. veterinarius, a cattle doctor). — A 

 modern term for what was formerly called farriery. It 

 comprehends a knowledge of the external form as well as 

 the internal structure and economy of the horse, and em- 

 braces whatever relates to the diseases to which the horse 

 is liable, with an accurate knowledge of the principles and 

 practice of f^hoeing, of feeding, exercising, etc , that very 

 useful animal. 



HUNTING. 



Huntsmanship. — The art or practice of hunting, or the quali- 

 fications of a hunter. 



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