Both Uses of
horizontal
in
My Antonia
- We could find out whether they ran straight down, or were horizontal, like mole-holes; whether they had underground connections; whether the owls had nests down there, lined with feathers.†
Book 1 *horizontal = in line with the floor, horizon, or another flat base
- Magnified across the distance by the horizontal light, it stood out against the sun, was exactly contained within the circle of the disk; the handles, the tongue, the share—black against the molten red.†
Book 2
Definition:
in line with the floor, horizon, or another flat base
(When you are standing, you could be thought of as vertical. When lying down, you could be thought of as horizontal.)
(When you are standing, you could be thought of as vertical. When lying down, you could be thought of as horizontal.)