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[ For fyre doth aryfie and doth drye vp a mannes blode, and doth make sterke the synewes and ioyntes of man. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 244. Many a nobleman lies stark and stiff Under the hoofs of vaunting enemies. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., v. 3. 42. 2. Stubborn; stiff; severe. She that helmed was in starke stoures. Chaucer, Monk's Tale, 1. 380. He is only debonair to those That follow where he leads, but stark as death To those that cro him. Tennyson, Harold, ii. 2. IMG:content-2007.png:[blocks in formation] Naked Star-gazer ( Astroscopus guttatus). name originally designated Uranoscopus euro pæus. Astroscopus guttatus is a common stargazer of the United States. star-gazing (stär'gāzing), a. Given to the observation and study of the stars. star-gazing (stär gāzing), n. Attentive observation and study of the stars; astrology or astronomy. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 63. star-gooseberry (stär gös"ber-i), n. The fruit of a moderate-sized tree, Phyllanthus (Cicca) distich us, native in Java and Madagascar, and cultivated throughout India. It is a globose drupe, three to five-lobed, acid, and eaten raw, cooked, or pickled. star-gra (stär'gras), n. A name of various gra -like plants with starry flowers, or other radiate feature. Such are species of Aletris, Hypoxis, and Rhynchospora; also Call i tri che, more often water starwort, so called from its stellate tufts of leaves. See the genus names, and cut under Hypoxis. star-hawkł (stärʼhâk), n. A goshawk; a hawk of the genus Astur: so called from the stellate markings of the adult birds. See goshawk, and cut under Astur. star-head (stärʼhed), n. A plant of the genus Scabiosa, section Asterocephalus. star-hyacinth (stär'hi"a-sinth), n. A species of squill, Scilla amæna, a very early garden flower with indigo-blue petals and a conspicuous yellowish-green ovary. stariert, n. [ME., appar. for * starrier, irreg. ( starre, sterre, a star.] An astronomer. Without any maner of nicite of star i eres i mag in a cion. Testament of Love, iii. starik (star'ik), n. [ Me caryinge in his clawes starke As lightly as I were a larke. Chaucer, House of Fame, 1. 545. Stark beer, boy, stout and strong beer! Fletcher, Beggars' Bush, iii. 1. King James shall mark If age has tamed these sinews stark . 41. Great; long. Scott , L. of the L., v. 20. Kay smote Sonygrenx so that he fill from his horse that he lay a starke while with-oute sterynge of hande or foote. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 214. 5. Entire; perfect; utter; downright; sheer; pure; mere. Consider, first, the stark security The commonwealth is in now. B. Jonson, Cat i line, i. 1. What e're they may unto the world profe e - All their best wisdome is starke foolishne e. Times' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 147. Ha! ha! ha! a silly wise rogue would make one laugh more than a stark fool. Wycherley, Country Wife, ii. 1. stark1 (stärk), adv. [ With the same cours he smote a-nother that he fill stark deed, and plonged in depe a-monge hem. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 514. In the euening it grew starke cal me. Quoted in Capt . John Smith's True Travels, II. 134. I drank stark drunk , and, waking, found myself Cloath'd in this farmer's suit, as in the morning.