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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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eruption
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Let us turn therefore to the case of another star, namely V Puppis, in which such evidence does already exist.
Arranging the constellations according to their galactic longitude we find north of the galactic equator (in the C-squares) the constellations:-- Hercules, Cygnus, Cepheus, Cassiopæa, Auriga, Gemini, Canis Minor, Pyxis, Vela, Centaurus, Scorpius, Ophiuchus, and south of this equator (in the D-squares):-- Aquila, Cygnus, Lacerta, Andromeda, Perseus, Orion, Canis Major, Puppis, Carina, Circinus, Corona australis, Sagittarius, mentioning only one constellation for each square.
Among interesting stars of this type is ζ Puppis (Od), in the spectrum of which PICKERING discovered a previously unknown series of helium lines.
The stern or puppis, from which we derive the term poop, was elevated above the other parts of the deck, and here the helmsman had his seat, sheltered by a shed frequently adorned with an image of the tutelary deity of the vessel.
This word _poop_ is evidently derived from the Latin _puppis_, as originally the after-part of a ship was called by the Romans, and thence the name was given to the ship herself, a part being taken for the whole.