Pointers

This is, perhaps, the most important star group in our sky, because of its size, peculiar form, the fact that it never sets in our latitude, and that of its stars, two, sometimes called the Pointers always point out the Pole Star.

Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts Girl Scouts of the United States of America 1918

The Pointers were the aristocrats of this region, living twelve miles away at the Point, in the midst of two grocery stores and a millinery establishment; there were two of them here for a Sunday drive and pastime.

Vesty of the Basins Sarah P. McLean Greene 1895

Thus the stars called the Pointers, in the Great Bear, are 5° apart; the nearest one is 29° from the Pole Star, which is

Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work Henry White Warren 1871

Two are called Pointers because they point to the Pole-star.

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853

Then, on May 21-22, the Pointers will be the lone San Diego County team entered in US

Fore, right! 2010

On May 1, at nine in the evening, the "Pointers" of the Big

Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies 1911

So, figuring each month, and knowing where the "Pointers" are at nine, or at midnight, or at three in the morning, the Scout can read, for several nights running without appreciable change, what time it is.

Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies 1911

"Pointers," which are the two bright stars forming the end of the cup of the Big Dipper.

Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies 1911

"Pointers" he was unused to showing his gratitude.

Three Little Cousins Amy Ella Blanchard 1891

"Pointers" are short words with different intentions.

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