Astron. [L., a. Gr. βοώτης ploughman, wagoner; also the constellation.]
A northern constellation, the Wagoner, situated at the tail of the Great Bear and containing the bright star Arcturus.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Boötes, a slow working Star in the North Pole, near to Charls wain, which it follows.
1703. Pope, Thebais, 520. When clouds conceal Boötes’ golden wain.
1831. Carlyle, Sart. Res., I. iii. What thinks Boötes of them, as he leads his Hunting Dogs over the Zenith?
