stare2 (star)

[ G. dial. starn , staren, storn = L. sturnus (> It. storno, storo ), dim. sturnellus (> OF. estournel, F. étourneau ), sturninus (> Sp. estornino = Pg. estorninho), starling; cf. Gr. ψάρ, NGr. ψαρόνι, ψαρόνιον, starling.] A starling. The stare [var. starling ] that the counsel can bewrye. Chaucer, Parliament of Fowles, 1. 348. And, as a falcon frays A flock of stares or cad de es, such fear brought his a ays Amongst the Trojans and their friends. Chapman , Iliad, xvi. 541. Cape stare, cockscomb-stare, silk stare. See Cape starling, etc., under starling 1. - Ceylonese stare. See Trachycomus. stare3 (star), a. [Cf. D. staar = G.starr, stiff: see starel.] Stiff; weary. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.]