Both Uses of
equinox
in
Moby Dick
- aye, he enters the sign of storms, the equinox!†
Chpt 97-99 *
- and but six months before he wheeled out of a former equinox at Aries!†
Chpt 97-99
Definition:
informally: either of the two days a year when the length of day and night are most equal
or:
formally: the exact moments when the earth's axis is parallel to the Sun
or:
formally: the exact moments when the earth's axis is parallel to the Sun