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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XII).
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Zodiak(e, n. Also: zodyak, -iack, -iac, zodiakis. [ME and e.m.E. zodiaque (1390), zodiak (Chaucer), zodyak (1447), zodiacke (1585), OF zodiaque, L. zōdiacus.] The zodiac. b. transf.A year.(a) c1420 Wynt. i 1585.
Fra he [sc. Saturn] entyre in the syngnyfere Quhill thretty wyntyr be oure-tane Or he be qwytly all throwch gane The zodiake [C. zodyak, W. zodiak] a1500 Henr. Fab. 633.
Vnto ane hill he went Quhair he micht se the … sternis … And all the planetis … Thair cours and eik thair mouing in thair spheir … And off the zodiak in quhat degre Thay wer ilk ane … Than Saturne … wes enterit in Capricorne And Juppiter mouit in Sagittarie [etc.] 1528 Lynd. Dreme 434.
[Phebus'] regulare mouyng in the hewin Is juste vnder the zodiack, full ewin 1549 Compl. 50/3, 4.
Ther is ane vthir grit circle in the sphere callit the zodiac, the quhilk deuidis the circle equinoctial in tua partis, the zodiac is deuidit in tuelf partis, and ilk part is callit ane sing, the quhilk zodiac extendis til tuelf singnis, callit Aries, Taurus, Gemini [etc.] a1585 Montgomerie in Maitl. Q. 197/39.
To haue past aboue the zodiak As quein and goddes of the firmament 1588 King Cat. Sig. i iv.
It behoweit vs to seike ȝerlie hir place in the zodiake according to hir midde motion on the letter day of December at noone(b) 1460 Hay Alex. 11927.
Thir singis than in the zodiakis With Mars and Jubiter coniunctiouns makisb. a1568 Scott v 25.
Lordis but ressone … Quhais falsatt, … and tressone, Hes rung thryis oure this zodiak