ZENITH, n. The point in the heavens directly overhead to a man standin…

Ambrose Bierce
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ZENITH, n. The point in the heavens directly overhead to a man standing or a growing cabbage. A man in bed or a cabbage in the pot is not considered as having a zenith, though Horizontalists hold that the posture of the body was immaterial. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2016). The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World, p.241, 谷月社
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