starkness, starken esse

[English stark; -ne .] Stiffne , rigidity. "The stiffne e and starkne e of the times,"-P. Holland: Pliny, bk. xxx i., ch. x. Star-ký-iteş, subst . pl . [Named from the Rev. Samuel Starky, rector of Char linch, England, to whom Prince was curate in 1840.] [PRINCE I TES.] star-le , *ster-le e, *sterre-les, a . [Eng. star (1), s.; -le .] Destitute of stars; having no stars visible; not starlight. "Dark, waste, and wild, under the frown of night Starle expos'd." Milton: P. L. , iii. 425. A little star. *star-lět, s. [Eng. star (1), s.; dim in. suff. -let . ] star-light ( gh silent), * starr-light, s. & a. [Eng. star (1), s., and light , s.] A. As subst.: The light emitted by, or proceeding from, the stars. "Dark in comparison, when this was done, As moon or starlight to meridian sun." Byrom: A Memorial Abstract. B. As adj .: Lighted by the stars, or by the stars only; starlit. "Owls, that mark the setting sun, declare A starlight evening and a morning fair." Dryden: Virgil; Georgic i. 548.