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‖ Triones, n. pl.|traɪˈəʊniːz|
Also 7 in anglicized form trions.
[L. triōnēs ploughing-oxen, also as here.]
A name for the seven principal stars in Ursa Major, also called Charles's Wain.
1594Greene & Lodge Looking Glass G.'s Wks. (Rtldg.) 134/1 The fair Triones with their glimmering light Smil'd at the foot of clear Bootes' wain. 1615Crooke Body of Man 340 There are seauen wonders of the world,..seauen greater and lesser Triones in heauen. 1654Vilvain Epit. Ess. vi. 51 The Heav'ns sevn Trions show. 1795Hutton Math. Dict., Triones,..Charles's Wain. |