sphear

English

Noun

sphear (plural sphears)

  1. Archaic spelling of sphere.
    • 1650, Thomas Browne, “Of Adherence unto Antiquity”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: [], 2nd edition, London: [] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, [], →OCLC, 1st book, page 18:
      They underſtood not the motion of the eight ſphear from Weſt to Eaſt, and ſo conceived the longitude of the ſtarres invariable.

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