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Deferent
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) An imaginary circle surrounding the earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the center of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round.
(2):
(a.) Serving to carry; bearing.
(3):
(n.) That which carries or conveys.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Deferent'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/d/deferent.html. 1828.