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Hercules (3 syl.)

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in astronomy, a large northern constellation.

“Those stars in the neighbourhood of Hercules are mostly found to be approaching the earth, and those which lie in the opposite direction to be receding from it.”—Newcomb: Popular Astronomy, part iv. chap. i. p. 458.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Heptarchy (Greek for seven governments)
Hera
Heracleidæ
Heralds. (Anglo-Saxon here
Herald’s College
Heraldic Colours
Herb
Herb of Grace
Herb Trinity
Herba Sacra
Hercules
Hercules
Hercules Choice
Hercules Club
Hercules Horse
Hercules Labour
Hercules Pillars
Hercules Secundus
Hercules of Music (The)
Herculean Knot
Hereford

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Lion
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