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hyads
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hyads, n. pl. [L. Hyades, Gr. .].
A cluster of five stars in the face of the constellation Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the coming of rainy weather when they rose with the sun. [1913 Webster]
"Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyades
Vext the dim sea." [1913 Webster]
Vext the dim sea." [1913 Webster]
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