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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

Arcturus

, Gr. [GREEK] bearward, equiv. to [GREEK]; [GREEK] bear + [GREEK] ward, guard. See

(Anat.)

A fixed star of the first magnitude in the constellation Boötes.

☞ Arcturus has sometimes been incorrectly used as the name of the constellation, or even of Ursa Major.

Canst thou guide

Arcturus

with his sons [Rev. Ver.: “the Bear with her train”].

Job xxxviii. 32.

Noun.

[Gr. a bear, and tail.] A fixed star of the first magnitude, in the constellation of Bootes.