Charles's Wain /ˈʧɑrlzˈwen, ˌʧɑrlzəz-/



 Charles's Wain  Astron. The group of seven stars, commonly called the Big Dipper, in the constellation Ursa Major, or Great Bear. See Ursa major, under Ursa.
 Note: ☞ The name is sometimes also applied to the Constellation.

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 Dip·per n.
 1. One who, or that which, dips; especially, a vessel used to dip water or other liquid; a ladle.
 2. Zool. (a) A small grebe; the dabchick. (b) The buffel duck. (c) The water ouzel (Cinolus aquaticus) of Europe. (d) The American dipper or ouzel (Cinclus Mexicanus).
 The Dipper Astron., the seven principal stars in the constellation of the Great Bear; popularly so called from their arrangement in the form of a dipper; -- called also Charles's Wain. See Ursa Major, under Ursa.

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 Charles's Wain
      n : a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa
          Major [syn: Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Wain, Wagon]