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assub

assub [Ar. ash-shuhub (pl.)] , falling star. b (fig.). c ‘star-slime’, nostoc. impressiones, inflammate in aere ex vaporibus ignitis in similitudinem stellarum, que vocantur Arabice ~ub ascendens et descendens, sunt corpora parve quantitatis Bacon Maj. II 102; sicut unius oculi aspectu videmus quartam celi fere et omnes stellas in ea collocatas, ita quod intendentes in stellam quamcumque videamus, i. e. visu advertamus, ~ub volare Peckham QA III 209; dicit Albumasar quod adventus ignium et ~ub et stelle comate est ex dominio Martis Rob. Angl. (II) 5 p. 166.  b heu quod ‥ planeta progrediens regiratur retrograde ac naturam ‥ vere stelle pretendens subito decidit et fit ~ub! R. Bury Phil. prol. 8.  c sterre slyme, ~ub PP; a sterne slyme, ~ub CathA.

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