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Charles's Wain

noun

A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major. Synonyms: Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Wagon, Wain.

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... my head, and look out of the window up at Charles's Wain, and all my other bright old friends. No one is heeding me—no one sees me; so I drop my hot cheek ...

— Nancy - A Novel • Rhoda Broughton

... Greater Bear, a well-known constellation in the northern hemisphere, called also the Plough, the Wagon, or Charles's Wain, consists of seven bright stars, among others three of which are known as the "handle" of the Plough, and two as the pointers, so called as pointing ...

— The Nuttall Encyclopaedia - Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge • Edited by Rev. James Wood

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