Charles's Wain

American  

[chahrl-ziz weyn] / ˈtʃɑrl zɪz ˈweɪn /

noun

British Astronomy.

1. Big Dipper.

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Charles's Wain British  

/ weɪn /

noun

1. another name for the Plough

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Etymology

Origin of Charles's Wain

before 1000; Old English Carles wægn Carl's wagon ( Carl for Charlemagne); see wain

Example Sentences

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Charles's Wain

I followed their example that night, or rather watched Charles's Wain while they slept, but since then have slept on blankets on the floor under the roof.

From A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

If he must fain sweep o'er the ethereal plain, And Pegasus runs restive in his "Waggon," Could he not beg the loan of Charles's Wain?

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley

The "Great Bear" was the "chariot" = "Charles's Wain", and the "Milky Way" the "river of the high cloud", the Celestial Euphrates, as in Egypt it was the Celestial Nile.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander

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.

From Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures A Sequel to The Fairyland of Science by Buckley, Arabella B.

Now, although most people know Charles's Wain when they see it, we may still learn a good deal about it.

From Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures A Sequel to The Fairyland of Science by Buckley, Arabella B.