Star

stär, n. one of the bright bodies in the heavens, except the sun and moon: one of the heavenly bodies shining by their own light, and which keep the same relative position in the heavens: anything star-like or star-shaped: a representation of a star worn as a badge of rank or honour: a person of brilliant or attractive qualities: the chief actor or actre in a dramatic company: ( print. ) an asterisk (*).— v.t. to set with stars: to bespangle.— v.i. to shine, as a star: to attract attention: to appear as a star-actor ( To Star it , esp. on a provincial tour):— pr.p. star′ring; pa.t. and pa.p. starred.— ns. Star′-ap′ple , the fruit of the West Indian tree Chrysophyllum Cainito ; Star′-blast′ing , the noxious influence of the stars.— adjs. Star′-blind , so blind as not to see the stars: half-blind; Star′-bro i′dered ( Tenn. ), embroidered with figures in the shape of stars.— ns. Star′-buzz′ard , an American goshawk; Star′-cat′alogue , a list of stars, with their places, magnitudes, .— adj. Star′-cro ed , not favoured by the stars.— ns. Star′-drift , a common proper motion of a number of fixed stars in the same region of the heavens; Star′-dust , cosmic dust, matter in fine particles falling upon the earth from some outside source, like meteorites; Star′-finch , the redstart; Star′fish ( Asteroidea ), an Echinoderm, nearly allied to the Brittle-stars ( Ophiuroidea ) and to the Sea-urchins ( Ech i no idea ); Star′-flow′er , one of various plants with bright star-shaped flowers, the Star-of-Bethlehem: chickweed; Star′-fort , a fort surrounded with projecting angles, like the points of a star; Star′-fruit , a small water-plant of southern Europe, with long-pointed radiating carpels; Star′-gāz′er , an astrologer: an astronomer; Star′-gāz′ing , astrology; Star′-gra , a gra -like plant, with star-shaped, yellow flowers; Star′-hy′acinth , a bulbous-rooted plant, a species of squill, with pinkish purple flowers, found on the coast in the south of England; Star′-jell′y , the common species of nostoc.— adj. Star′le , having no stars visible: having no light from stars.— n. Star′light , light or lustre of the stars.— adjs. Star′-like , resembling a star: radiated like a star: bright, illustrious; Star′lit , lighted by the stars.— ns. Star′-nose , a North American mole; Star′-of-Beth′lehem , a garden plant of the lily family, with bright white star-like flowers: the miraculous star of the Nativity (Matt. ii. 2, 9, 10).— adj. Star′-proof ( Milt. ), impervious to starlight.— n. Star′-read ( Spens. ), knowledge of the stars, astrology.— adj. Starred , adorned or studded with stars.— ns. Star′-reed , a South American plant used in Peru against dysentery, .; Star′rine .— adj. Star′ry , abounding or adorned with stars: consisting of, or proceeding from, the stars: like, or shining like, the stars.— n. Stars′-and-stripes , the flag of the United States of America, with thirteen stripes alternately red and white, and a blue field containing as many stars as there are states.— adj. Star′-spang′led , spangled or studded with stars.— n. Star′-stone , a variety of corundum which, when cut in a particular way, exhibits a reflection of light in the form of a star.— adj. Star′-strown ( Tenn. ), strewn or studded with stars.— ns. Star′-this′tle , a species of centaury, so called from its star-like flowers; Star′-wheel , a spur-wheel with V-shaped teeth; Star′wort , a genus of plants nearly allied to the Asters, with star-like flowers. [A.S. steorra ; Ger. stern , L. stella (for sterula ), Gr. astēr .]