Charles' Wain
Proper noun
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Proper noun
- (constellation) A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a wagon or cart. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the seven stars Dubhe, Merak, Phecda, Megrez, Alioth, Mizar, and Alkaid.
- Synonyms: Big Dipper, Drinking Gourd, Northern Ladle, Northern Waggoner, Plough, Wain
- 1597 — William Shakespeare, 1 Henry IV ii 1
- Charles waine is ouer the new Chimney, and yet our horse not packt.
- 1920 — H.P. Lovecraft, Polaris
- Down from the heights reels the glittering Cassiopeia as the hours wear on, while Charles’ Wain lumbers up from behind the vapour-soaked swamp trees that sway in the night-wind.
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