a. and sb. Obs. [see next.] A. adj. ‘Of or like a hoop or ring.’ Bailey, 1731. B. sb. Armillary Circle or Sphere.

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1603.  Sir C. Heydon, Jud. Astrol., iv. 143. I haue taken the right ascentions of certaine fixed starres … by another faire Armillare.

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