CONSTELLATION
ADJECTIVES
► LEONIC pert. to the constellation Leo → a1658 obs.
NOUNS
► ALDERMAN’S PLOUGH the constellation of the Great Bear → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ALDERMAN’S WAGON the constellation of the Great Bear → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CAR the seven stars in the constellation of the Great Bear, called also the Plough or Wain → 1633 obs.
► CATASTERISM a constellation → 1837
► DICK AND HIS TEAM the constellation, the Great Bear → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► DICK WITH HIS WAGON the constellation, the Great Bear → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► ELL AND YARD ► ELLENYARD the belt in the constellation Orion → 1891 Amer. dial.
► GOLDEN YARD ► YARD the Belt of Orion → 1551 obs.
► JACK AND HIS TEAM ► JACK AND HIS TEAM GOING TO PIT the constellation Ursa major → Bk1902 Eng. dial.
► JACK AND HIS WAGON the constellation Ursa major → Bk1902 Eng. dial.
► JACK AND HIS WAIN the constellation Ursa major → Bk1902 Eng. dial.
► JACK BESIDE THE MIDDLE HORSE a star in the constellation of Ursa Major → 1934 Sc.
► KING’S ELLWAND, THE the constellation called Orion’s belt → 1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► LADY’S ELLWAND, THE the constellation called Orion’s belt → Bk1900 Sc.
► LADY’S YARD-BAND ► YARD-BAND the three stars forming the belt of the constellation Orion → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► SEVEN SISTERS the constellation Pleiades →1928 Amer. dial.
► SIGN a constellation → 1398 obs.
► SISTERS the seven chief stars of the constellation of the Great Bear → c1450
► SKINKER the constellation Aquarius → 1591 obs.
► ST. PETER’S STAFF the stars in the constellation Orion called Orion’s sword → 1710 Sc.
► WAGON-AND-HORSES the constellation of the Great Bear, Ursa major → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– the constellation Orion → 1940 Amer. dial., African-American usage
► WATER-POURER the constellation Aquarius → 1565 obs.
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