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Radiation of light. [Obs.]

The act of making into a castle.

within whose imaginary outline, as traced upon the heavens, the group is included. The constellations seem to have been almost purposely named and delineated to cause as much confusion and inconvenience as possible. Sir J. Herschel.

A subordinate constellation. Sir T. Browne.

A fixed star, in Medusa's head, in the constellation Perseus, remarkable for its periodic variation in brightness.

A northern constellation, supposed to represent the mythical Andromeda.

A meteor appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Andromeda, -- whence the name.

A constellation south of Pegasus.

A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle. Aquila alba Etym: [L., white eagle], an alchemical name of calomel. Brande & C.

The Altar; a southern constellation, south of the tail of the Scorpion.

Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellation called the Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole, circle, region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night, temperature.

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

A large constellation in the southern hemisphere, called also Argo Navis. In modern astronomy it is replaced by its three divisions, Carina, Puppis, and Vela.

A constellation west of Taurus, drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a ram.

Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon. The constellation . . . about that time ascendant. Browne.

A constellation. [Obs.]

An old astronomical instrument, formed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations were delineated.

The Charioteer, or Wagoner, a constellation in the northern hemisphere, situated between Perseus and Gemini. It contains the bright star Capella.

The constellation Libra.

One of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the Great Bear and the Lesser Bear, or Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.