wain : Idioms & Phrases

noun a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
Wagon; Wain; Big Dipper; Plough; Dipper.

Charles + wain; cf. AS. Carles wn (for wægn), 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. ✍ The name is sometimes also applied to the Constellation.