Drinking Gourd

English
Drinking Gourd

Proper noun

Drinking Gourd

  1. (astronomy, obsolete, especially US) A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the stars Alkaid, Mizar, Alioth, Megrez, Dubhe, Merak, and Phecda.
    Synonyms: Big Dipper, (obsolete Britain) Charles' Wain, (Asia) Northern Ladle, (obsolete) Northern Waggoner, (Britain) Plough, (obsolete Britain) Wain

Usage notes
  • The star formation mainly went by this name during the early to mid nineteenth century in the Southern United States.
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