Great Dipper
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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. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A small grebe; the dabchick. (b) The buffel duck. (c) The water ouzel ({Cinolus aquaticus}) of Europe.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Great Bear — noun a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star • Syn: ↑Ursa Major • Instance Hypernyms: ↑constellation • Part Meronyms: ↑Big Dipper, ↑Dipper, ↑Plough, ↑Charles s … Useful english dictionary
Dipper Novices' Chase — The Dipper Novices Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt chase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run on the New Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 2 miles and 5 furlongs (4,225 metres), and during its… … Wikipedia
Great Diamond — For other uses, see Great diamond (disambiguation). Great Diamond map by WikiSky The Great Diamond or Virgin s Diamond/Diamond of Virgo is an asterism. It is composed of the stars Cor Caroli (in Canes Venatici), Denebola (the tail of Leo), Spica… … Wikipedia
Great Bear — noun A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a large bear. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the stars Mizar, Dubhe, and Alkaid … Wiktionary
dipper — n. 1. Plunger, ladler, etc. See verb. 2. Immersionist, dunker, tunker, tumbler. 3. Charles Wain, Great Bear, Ursa Major, Cleaver. 4. Water craw, water pyet, water crake, water ouzel (Cinclus aquaticus) … New dictionary of synonyms
great bear — n. [With The prefixed.] Charles s Wain, the Wain, Ursa Major, the Dipper, the Cleaver … New dictionary of synonyms
Big Dipper — Amer.Eng. name for the seven star asterism (known in England as the plough; see CHARLES S WAIN (Cf. Charles s Wain)) in the constellation Ursa Major, first attested 1833 as simply the Dipper (sometimes Great Dipper, its companion constellation… … Etymology dictionary
The Dipper — 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. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A small grebe; the dabchick. (b) The buffel duck. (c) The water ouzel ({Cinolus aquaticus}) of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Big Dipper — This article is about the asterism. For other uses, see Big Dipper (disambiguation). Big Dipper map The Plough, also known as the Big Dipper or the Saptarishi (after the seven rishis), is an asterism of seven stars that has been recognized as a… … Wikipedia
