Feb. 29 is an intercalary day. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The intercalary years of the cycle are distinguished by an asterisk. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
Anterior intercalary vein: Diptera; = media 2 (Comst.); of Loew = discoidal vein. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Something, however, was arranged in those intercalary moments between the raising of the glasses. From Wordnik.com. [Castle Richmond] Reference
The intercalary month was of the same length as the other months, running from new moon to new moon. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary] Reference
The intercalary month of twenty-three days fell into the year of course, so that the ancient year of. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
But because he started the whole thing it is seemly to give his exit an intercalary page of attention. From Wordnik.com. [The Food of the Gods and how it came to Earth] Reference
The Egyptian year was 354 days, with an intercalary month of thirty-three days added every three years. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882] Reference
The errors have probably arisen from a continued excess of 10 in the discrimination of the intercalary years. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
Indeed, they always looked back with wistful, melancholy regret upon the two intercalary years of happiness by the crystalline. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Sir Richard Burton] Reference
Researchers in South Africa are having success growing vetiver "eyes" (intercalary buds on surface of crown) in seedling dishes. From Wordnik.com. [4 Questions and Answers] Reference
In the modern calendar the intercalary day is still added to February, not, however, between the 24th and 25th, but as the 29th. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
In that year the omission of the intercalary day rendered it necessary to diminish the epacts by unity, or to pass to the line C. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
Therefore, as the intercalary days are distributed with considerable regularity in both calendars, the date of commencement of the year Y expressed in Gregorian years is. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
But if it be not an intercalary month, he is not released. From Wordnik.com. [Hebrew Literature] Reference
He introduced an intercalary Nisan, and they did not consent. From Wordnik.com. [Hebrew Literature] Reference
Feasts, an eight-day intercalary period which permitted dividing the. From Wordnik.com. [A Slave is a Slave] Reference
This thirteenth month is called an intercalary month, and in the present. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture] Reference
The Egyptians and Mexicans also had intercalary days for the same purpose. From Wordnik.com. [Atlantis : the antediluvian world] Reference
But to quit this episode, and to return to my intercalary year of happiness. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions of an English Opium-Eater] Reference
The Mexicans added five intercalary days; and the Egyptians, in the time of Amunoph. From Wordnik.com. [Atlantis : the antediluvian world] Reference
The intercalary days are specially set aside for hospitality, the giving of gifts, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from the Guardian to Australia and New Zealand] Reference
For this purpose he ordered two extraordinary months, as well as Numa's intercalary month. From Wordnik.com. [More Science From an Easy Chair] Reference
The Báb did not specifically define the place for the intercalary days in the new calendar. From Wordnik.com. [The Kitáb-i-Aqdas] Reference
Because one knows of the intercalary month, and another does not know of the intercalary month. From Wordnik.com. [Hebrew Literature] Reference
Hence it is that they are now singing intercalary pieces, a practice first introduced by Agathon. From Wordnik.com. [Poetics. English] Reference
Golius,7 imagines to relate to the prolonging of the year, by adding an intercalary month thereto. From Wordnik.com. [The Koran (Al-Qur'an)] Reference
These intercalary pages are concerned with Ben's laudations of Bacon, by name, in his Discoveries. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare, Bacon, and the Great Unknown] Reference
It is adapted to the solar year by the use of an intercalary month called Veaddar — the additional Addar. From Wordnik.com. [Hebrew Literature] Reference
He inserted the regular intercalary month of twenty-three days, and two additional ones of sixty-seven days. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.] Reference
And they divided the year into twelve months, and introduced the intercalary circle of eight years, although the. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.] Reference
Cæsar inserted the regular intercalary month of twenty-three days, and two additional ones of sixty-seven days. From Wordnik.com. [Ancient States and Empires] Reference
The nineteenth month, following immediately on the hospitality of the intercalary days, is the month of the fast. From Wordnik.com. [Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era] Reference
The year consists of nineteen months of nineteen days, with four or five intercalary days, to make a full solar year. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The abjad numerical value of this Arabic letter is five, which corresponds to the potential number of intercalary days. From Wordnik.com. [The Kitáb-i-Aqdas] Reference
The months were originally lunar, and consisted of 30 days, an intercalary month being inserted in the calendar every six years. From Wordnik.com. [Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs] Reference
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