Rigel Kentn.
/ˌrʌɪɡl ˈkɛnt/, /ˌrʌɪdʒl ˈkɛnt/, U.S. /ˌraɪdʒ(ə)l ˈkɛnt/ Astronomy.
= Rigel Kentaurus n.
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1938 Geogr. Jrnl. 92 137 A star which is familiar to everyone who knows the southern sky as the brighter of the two pointers to the Southern Cross, αCentauri, appears as Rigel Kent.
1946 Math. Tables & Other Aids Computation 2 130 Achernar, Acrux, Peacock and Rigil Kent..are not included in this volume of Hoehne, presumably since it is designed for northern latitudes only.
1993 P. O'Brian Wine-dark Sea v. 112 He had a momentary glimpse of Rigel Kent just above the crossjack-yard.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1938- loose-bodied
- loose-breech
- loose-broke
- loose-clacked
- loose-curled
- loose-driving
- loose-ended
- loose-endedness
- loose-enrobed
- loose-fill
- loose-fitting
- loose-floating
- loose-flowered
- loose-flowing
- loose-footed
- loose-girdled
- loose-giving
- loose-gowned
- loose-handed
- loose-hanging
- loose-hangled
- loose-hilted
- loose-hipped
- loose-housed
- loose-housing