الجَوْزَاءُ

A certain constellation (نَجْمٌ); (S;) a certain sign of the Zodiac; (K;) [namely, Gemini;] said to cross the جَوْز (i. e. the middle, TA) of the sky; (S, TA;) for which reason it is [asserted to be] thus called. (TA.)

Also i. q. الجَبَّارُ [The constellation Orion]: (A and K in article جبر:) it has three very bright stars disposed obliquely in the midst thereof, called by the Arabs النَّظْمُ, and نِطَاقُ الجَوْزَاءِ, and فَقَارُ الجَوْزَاءِ. (Har p. 456.)