charles's wain

The seven conspicuous stars in Ursa Major, of which two are called the pointers, from showing a line to the pole-star.

Charles's Wain
·- The group of seven stars, commonly called the Dipper, in the constellation Ursa Major, or Great B...

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Wain
·noun A <<Chariot>>. II. Wain ·noun A four-wheeled vehicle for the transportation of goods, produce...

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wain
a waggon. N. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Conestoga wain
·add. ·- A kind of large broad-wheeled wagon, usually covered, for traveling in soft soil and on pra...

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bride-wain
a custom in Cumberland, where all the friends of a new-married couple assemble together, and are tre...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose