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(adverb) - (1) Rain is said to fall in planets when it falls partially and violently.
--Rev. John Watson's Uncommon Words Used in Halifax, 1775
(2) It rains by planets: this the country people use when it rains in one place and not in another, meaning that the showers are governed by the planets.
--John Ray's English Proverbs, 1670
(3) In changeable weather, the rain and sunshine come and go by planets. A man of unsteady mind acts by planets, meaning much the same as by fits and starts.
--Rev. Robert Forby's Vocabulary of East Anglia, 1830
January 15, 2018