dragon's headn.
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a. Astronomy. The ascending node of the moon's orbit with the ecliptic (marked ♌).
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dragon's head1509
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xviii. ii Dyane..Entred the Crab, her propre mancyon, Than ryght amyddes of the Dragons hed.
1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iv. xlv. f. 237 Subtract the place of the Dragons head from the place of the Moone.
1819 J. Wilson Compl. Dict. Astrol. 83 The place of the Dragon's Head is considered of great efficacy.
b. Heraldry. The name of the tincture tenné or tawny in blazoning by the heavenly bodies.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic tincture > [noun] > colour > tawny
tenné1562
jacinth1572
hyacinth1704
dragon's head1706
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Dragons head..is..the Tenne, or Tawny Colour in the Escutcheons of Soveraign Princes.
1766 ‘M. A. Porny’ Elem. Heraldry Gloss. Dragon's-head: Part of a celestial constellation, assigned by English Heralds to express the Color Tenné in blazoning the Arms of Sovereigns.
2. Herbalism. (See quots.)
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > dragon's head
Turkey balm1688
dragon's head1753
Moldavian balm1760
dracocephalum1840
Moldavian mint1892
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Dracocephalon, Dragon's Head, in botany, the name of a genus of plants.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Dragon's-head, name for Dracocephalum.
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