Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary📕
ascian ash′yan, n. name given to the inhabitants
of the torrid zone, who are shadowless at certain seasons, from the sun
being right over their heads. [Gr. askios,
shadowless—a, neg., skia, a shadow.]
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