Aˊscii

Aˊscii [Ἄγκιοι of αprivat. and γκιὰ, Gr.a Shadow]

those Inhabitants of the Globe, who at certain Times in the Year, have no Shadow at 12 a Clock, such are the Inhabitants of the Torrid Zone, by reason that the Sun is sometimes Vertical to them.

Definition taken from The Universal Etymological English Dictionary, edited by Nathan Bailey (1736)

Arse versy * Asmatoˊgrapher