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Definition of: ascians
(ash′yənz) noun plural
Shadowless men: applied to inhabitants of the torrid zone, who twice in the year cast no shadow at noon. Also as·ci·i (ash′ē·ī). [<L ascius <Gk. askios without shadow <a- without + skia shadow]
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