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CRATER

Volume 6 · 51 words · 1823 Edition

Cuf, in Astronomy, a constellation of the southern hemisphere; whose stars, in Ptolemy's catalogue, are seven; in Tycho's, eight; in Hevelius's, ten; in the Britannic catalogue, thirty-one.

Crater is also used to signify the mouth or opening of a volcano or burning mountain, from whence the fire is discharged. See Volcano.