'Charles's Wain' definitions:
Definition of 'Charles's Wain'
(from WordNet)
noun
A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major [syn: Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain, Wain, Wagon]
Definition of 'Charles's Wain'
From: GCIDE
- Dipper \Dip"per\, n.
- 1. One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to dip water or other liquid; a ladle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) (a) A small grebe; the dabchick. (b) The buffel duck. (c) The water ouzel (Cinolus aquaticus) of Europe. (d) The American dipper or ouzel (Cinclus Mexicanus). [1913 Webster]
- The Dipper (Astron.), the seven principal stars in the constellation of the Great Bear; popularly so called from their arrangement in the form of a dipper; -- called also Charles's Wain. See Ursa Major, under Ursa. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Charles's Wain'
From: GCIDE
- Charles's Wain \Charles's Wain\ [Charles + wain; cf. AS. Carles w[=ae]n (for w[ae]gn), Sw. karlvagnen, Dan. karlsvogn. See Churl, and Wain.] (Astron.) The group of seven stars, commonly called the Big Dipper, in the constellation Ursa Major, or Great Bear. See {Ursa major}, under Ursa. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- Note: The name is sometimes also applied to the Constellation. [1913 Webster]