/ · 1894 Brewer’s · N · Northern Gate of the Sun
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The sign of Cancer, or summer solstice; so called because it marks the northern tropic.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.