auriga

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

AURI'GA, noun [Latin of aurea, orea, a head-stall, a bridle, and rego, to govern or manage.] Literally, the director of a car, or wagon. 1. In astronomy, the wagoner, a constellation in the northern hemisphere, consisting of 23 stars, according to Tycho; 40, according to Hevelius; and 68, in the British catalogue. 2. The fourth lobe of the liver; also a bandage for the sides.
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