[a. Sp. or med.L. Vega, ad. Arab. wāqis falling, in (al nasr) al waqis ‘the falling (vulture),’ the constellation Lyra. So F. Wéga.] The brightest star in the constellation Lyra; a Lyræ.
1638. Chilmead, trans. Hues’ Treat. Globes (1889), 53. The bright Starre in this Constellation, being the first in number, Alfonsus calleth Vega.
1839. Penny Cycl., XIV. 225/2. Its brightest star, a Lyræ, also called Vega, is a conspicuous object.
1889. C. R. Markham, trans. Hues’ Treat. Globes, 221. Vega contains hydrogen, iron, sodium, and magnesium.
