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Webster 1913 Edition

Aquarius

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A-qua′ri-us

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Noun.
[L.
aquarius
, adj., relating to water, and n., a water-carrier, fr.
aqua
. See
Aqua
.]
(Astron.)
(a)
The Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of January; – so called from the rains which prevail at that season in Italy and the East.
(b)
A constellation south of Pegasus.

Webster 1828 Edition

Aquarius

AQUA'RIUS

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Noun.
[L.] The water bearer; a sign in the zodiac which the sun enters about the 21st day of January; so called from the rains which prevail at that season, in Italy and the East. The stars in this constellation according to Ptolenty, are 45; according to Tycho Brahe, 41; according to Hevelius, 45; and according to Flamstead, 108.

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