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Webster 1913 Edition
Centaur
Cen′taur
(sĕn′ta̤r)
, Noun.
[L.
centaurus
, Gr. Κένταυρος
.] 1.
(Class. Myth.)
A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse.
2.
(Astron.)
A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross.
Webster 1828 Edition
Centaur
CENTAUR
,Noun.
1.
In mythology, a fabulous being, supposed to be half man and half horse. It has been supposed that this fancied monster originated among the Lapithae, a tribe in Thessaly, who first invented the art of breaking horses. But the origin of the fable and of the name is doubtful.2.
Part of a southern constellation, in form of a centaur, usually joined with the wolf, containing thirty-five stars; the archer.