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b. Astronomy. In the names of certain constellations and stars, as Greater Bear (= Great Bear n.), Greater Dog (= Canis Major n. at Canis n. 1; cf. dog n.¹ 7, Great Dog n. at great adj., n., adv., and int. Compounds 1e).Now largely superseded by great.

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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. viii. xxiii. 503 Þe signe Arthurus..is propirliche a sterre iset bihinde þe taile of þe signe þat hatte Vrsa Maior ‘þe more bere’.]

1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 263 The lesser Beare..the greater Beare.

1565 B. Googe tr. ‘M. Palingenius’ Zodiake of Life (new ed.) sig. QQ.v^v These Signes besyde do ryse Wyth Lion fierce: the Egle, Hare, and Dog of lesser syse, The former legges of greater Dog, and head of Hydra springs.

1612 F. Holyoake Riders Dict. (ed. 3) sig. Nn3/2 Antecanis,..a starre called the lesser dogge starre, so called because it riseth before the greater dogge starre.

1674 J. Moxon Tutor to Astron. & Geogr. (ed. 3) 209 Ursa Major, the Greater Bear.

1712 E. Wells Young Gentleman's Astron., Chronol., & Dialling vii. 89 The southern Constellations known to the Antients are the Whale, Eridanus, the Hare, orion, the greater Dog, the lesser Dog, [etc.].

1837 Fraser's Mag. 16 409 The greater bear appears under the typhonian figure of a pig standing on his hind-legs.

1923 Times 1 Nov. 20/3 Procyon, the lesser Dog, called so in distinction to Sirius, the greater Dog.

2008 H. Lehman Lang. God in Prophecy (ed. 10) iv. 182 Next to Ursa Minor is Ursa Major, or the Greater Bear.

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释义	> as lemmas Greater Bear b. Astronomy. In the names of certain constellations and stars, as Greater Bear (= Great Bear n.), Greater Dog (= Canis Major n. at Canis n. 1; cf. dog n.¹ 7, Great Dog n. at great adj., n., adv., and int. Compounds 1e).Now largely superseded by great. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > [adjective] lesser1540 greater1556 asteristic1652 binary stars1802 constellatory1819 asterismal1840 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. viii. xxiii. 503 Þe signe Arthurus..is propirliche a sterre iset bihinde þe taile of þe signe þat hatte Vrsa Maior ‘þe more bere’.] 1556 R. Record Castle of Knowl. 263 The lesser Beare..the greater Beare. 1565 B. Googe tr. ‘M. Palingenius’ Zodiake of Life (new ed.) sig. QQ.v^v These Signes besyde do ryse Wyth Lion fierce: the Egle, Hare, and Dog of lesser syse, The former legges of greater Dog, and head of Hydra springs. 1612 F. Holyoake Riders Dict. (ed. 3) sig. Nn3/2 Antecanis,..a starre called the lesser dogge starre, so called because it riseth before the greater dogge starre. 1674 J. Moxon Tutor to Astron. & Geogr. (ed. 3) 209 Ursa Major, the Greater Bear. 1712 E. Wells Young Gentleman's Astron., Chronol., & Dialling vii. 89 The southern Constellations known to the Antients are the Whale, Eridanus, the Hare, orion, the greater Dog, the lesser Dog, [etc.]. 1837 Fraser's Mag. 16 409 The greater bear appears under the typhonian figure of a pig standing on his hind-legs. 1923 Times 1 Nov. 20/3 Procyon, the lesser Dog, called so in distinction to Sirius, the greater Dog. 2008 H. Lehman Lang. God in Prophecy (ed. 10) iv. 182 Next to Ursa Minor is Ursa Major, or the Greater Bear. extracted from greateradj.adv.n. < as lemmas
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