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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Quotation dates: 1549
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Zenyth(t, n. [ME and e.m.E. cinit (Trevisa), cenyth, senyth (both Chaucer), zénith (1555), OF cenit(h, F. zénith, med. L. cenit.] The apparently highest point of the sky, the point of the sky directly overhead. —1549 Complaynte of Scotland 50/31, 34, 35.
The point that is rycht abufe oure hede is callit zenyth, the quhilk is iiij scoir and ten degreis distant fra our orizon, ande as oft as ve change fra place to place, as oft ve sal hef ane vthir zenytht, and the place that is direct contrar til our zenyth is callit antipodes 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 52/7.
Quhou that thai that hes the equinoctial for ther zenyth … thai hef tua symmyrs and tua vintirs euyrie ȝeir
