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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hemispere, -speir, Hemespeir, n. [e.m.E. hemisphere, ME. hemyspere (15th c.). Cf. Emyspery n.] The (astronomical) hemisphere. — 1549 Compl. 38/11.
The sternis and planetis … durst nocht be sene in oure hemispere Ib. /16.
Euery planeit of oure hemespeir becam obscure c1552 Lynd. Mon. 173.
Tyll he [sc. Phebus] had circuit all our hemispeir
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