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- proper noun astronomy, UK The common name for the brightest seven
stars of theconstellation Ursa Major .
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Examples
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I have been looking over the writings again; and I find that in seven places round this corner are the symbols of the constellation which we call the Plough, which Queen Tera held to rule her birth and her destiny.
The Jewel of Seven Stars Bram Stoker 1879
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This group is often called the Plough, or Charles's Wain, but astronomers prefer to regard it as a portion of the constellation of the
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'Plough'-ing New Terrain Paving the way for new respectability in the digital out-of-home space, health-c ...
unknown title 2009
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The volume was so well received that in 1932, Pioneer Women published an English translation entitled The Plough Woman.
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I think this was/is known as the Plough or Charles' Wain in the British Isles, IIRC.
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Schering-Plough, which isn't part of the Dow, fell 6%.
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The drugs are so important to Schering-Plough, which is considerably smaller than Merck, that the long-term viability of the company is now at stake.
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Iron which are made in the fashion of broad thinne plates, and they be called Plough clouts, and are to be nailed vpon the shelboard, to defend it from the earth or furrow which it turneth ouer, which in very short space would weare the woode and put the Husbandman to double charge.
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Now for the Irons belonging vnto this Plough, which is the Share and
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"At Doncaster on Saturday, Messrs. ---- sold for £7,100 the fully licensed house at Armthorpe known as the Plough Inn to the Markham Main Colliery Company, the proprietors of the colliery being sunk in the parish."
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, January 29, 1919 Various
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