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Lyrid
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; - so called because the apparent path among the stars the stars if produced back wards crosses the constellation Lyra.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Lyrid'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/l/lyrid.html. 1828.