Alioth

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Alioth \Al"i*oth\, n. [Ar. aly[=a]t the tail of a fat sheep.]
     (Astron.)
     A star in the tail of the Great Bear, the one next the bowl
     in the Dipper.
     [1913 Webster]