Zeʹnith, Naʹdir
. Zenith is the point of the heavens immediately over the head of the spectator. Naʹdir is the opposite point, immediately beneath the spectator’s feet. (French, zénith, nadir.)
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Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.