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English Dictionary: Charles's Wain by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Charles's Wain
n
  1. a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
    Synonym(s): Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain, Wain, Wagon
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dipper \Dip"per\, n.
      1. One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to
            dip water or other liquid; a ladle.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.)
            (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}).
  
      {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}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Charles's Wain \Charles's Wain\ [Charles + wain; cf. AS. Carles
      w[?]n (for w[91]gn), Sw. karlvagnen, Dan. karlsvogn. See
      {Churl}, and {Wain}.] (Astron.)
      The group of seven stars, commonly called the Dipper, in the
      constellation Ursa Major, or Great Bear. See {Ursa major},
      under {Ursa}.
  
      Note: The name is sometimes also applied to the
               Constellation.
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