Charles's Wain
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Charles's Wain
before 1000; Old English Carles wægn Carl's wagon ( Carl for Charlemagne); wain
Example Sentences
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Septentriō′nes, the constellation of the Great Bear, or the seven stars near the north pole-star, called Charles's Wain.
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Pointing to Charles’s wain I said, “A good star for travellers.”
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It is then that Charles's Wain becomes quite a study in all its different positions, its horses now careering upwards, now plunging downwards, while the waggon, whether upwards or downwards, points ever true, by the two stars of its tail-board, to the steadfast pole-star.
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For this reason I prefer the country people's name of Charles's Wain or Waggon to that of the "Plough," which astronomers generally give to these seven stars.
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The Great Bear, showing the position of Charles's Wain, and also the small binary star ξ in the hind foot, whose period has been determined.
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