stargazer, star reg a ser

[Eng. star (1), s., and gazer.] 1. Ord. Lang.: One who gazes at the stars; a contemptuous name for an astrologer, and sometimes for an astronomer; a visionary. "Let now the astrologers, the star reg a sers, and prognostic a tours stand vp." - Isa . xlvii. 13. (1583.) 2. Ichthy. (pl.): The group Uranoscopina (q. v.). star-gāz-ing, s. & a. [English star (1), s., and gazing.] A. As subst.: The act or practice of observing or studying the stars; astrology. B. As adj .: Looking at, observing, or admiring the stars. ( Swift : Elegy on Partridge .) *star-i-er, s. [Eng. star (1), s., -ier.] An astron omer. "Without any maner of nicite of star i eres i mag in a cion." -Chaucer: Testament of Loue , bk. iii. stär-ing, pr . par ., a. & adv . [STARE, v.] A. As pr. par.: (See the verb.) B. As adjective : 1. Gazing fixedly and earnestly with widely opened eyes. 2. Standing stiffly up; standing on end; bristling. 3. Very bright, glaring, dazzling; as, staring col ors. C. As adv.: Staringly. "Stark, staring mad."-Dryden: Persius, sat. v. stär-Ing-lý, adv . [Eng. staring ; -ly.] In a star ing manner; with fixed or wild look. *stark, v . t . [STARK, a.] To stiffen. "If horror have not stark'd your limbs." Taylor: St. Clement's Eve, v. 5. stark, *starke, adj. & adv. [A. S. stearc; cogn. with Dutch sterk; Icel. sterkr; Dan. stærk; Sw.& Ger. stark.] A. As adjective: 1. Stiff, rigid, as in death. "Many a nobleman lies stark and stiff." Shakesp.: Henry IV ., Pt. I., v. 3. 2. Stout, strong, powerful. "Counted was baith wight and stark ." Burns : Elegy. Ren Jonson: Cat i line, 1. 1. *3. Entire, full, perfect, absolute. "Consider the stark security The commonwealth is in now." 4. Mere, gro , downright, pure. "He is a starke here tike."-Sir T. More: Works , p. 381. *5. Naked. "I stripped and dre ed myself, for... there was no harm in my being stark ." -Walpole : Letters , iv. 25. B. As adverb : Wholly, absolutely, entirely, completely, purely. "The courtiers who attended him, ten or twelve in number, were stark naked."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xxiv. *stark-en, v. t. [English stark ; -en.] To make stiff; to stiffen. ( Taylor : Edwin the Fair , iv. 4.) stark-lý, adv . [English stark ; -ly.] Stiffly, strongly. "When it lies starkly in the traveller's bones." Shakesp.: Measure for Measure, iv. 2. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, starkne