, a star in the tail of the great bear. The word in Arabic denotes a horse; and they gave this name to each of the three stars, in the tail of the great bear, as they are placed like three horses, thus arranged for the purpose of drawing the waggon commonly called Charles's wain, represented by the four stars on the body of the same constellation.
ALMACANTAR. See Almucantar.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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