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Charles's Wain   Listen
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Charles's Wain  n.  (Astron.) The group of seven stars, commonly called the Big Dipper, in the constellation Ursa Major, or Great Bear. See Ursa major, under Ursa. Note: The name is sometimes also applied to the Constellation.






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"Charles's Wain" Quotes from Famous Books



... know," said he, "that it has something to do with the Great Bear, and the Dipper, and the Plough, and Charles's Wain." ...
— The Book of Dragons • Edith Nesbit

... upon the ledge, reaching out so as to have a good look at the sky which spread above, one grand arch of darkest purple spangled with golden stars. To his right was the tower-like mill, and behind it almost the only constellation that he knew, to wit, Charles's Wain, with every star distinct, even to the little one, which he had been told represented the boy driving the horses ...
— The Vast Abyss - The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam • George Manville Fenn



Words linked to "Charles's Wain" :   wagon, wain, Ursa Major, asterism, big dipper



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