starveling

& s. [Eng.starve; dim in. suff. only with questions of internal administration. -ling .] A. As adj.: Hungry, lean; pining with want. "And starveling famine comes of large expense." Bp. Hall. Satires , ii. 1. B. As subst .: An animal or plant thin, lean, and weak through want of nutriment. "But there are, apart from this predatory cla , plenty, of deserving starvelings , who might honestly be relieved." -London Observer. *star-ward, adj . [English star (1), s.; -ward.] Pointing or reaching toward the stars or sky. "I clomb thy star ward peak not long ago." Blackie : Lays of Highlands , & c ., p. 92. star-wõrt, s. [Eng.star (1), s., and wort .] 1. Lotany : (1) Singular : A popular name for (a) The genus Stellar i a, (b) Aster tripolium , (c) Helonias dioica. ( Britten & Holland .) (2) Pl.: The Call it rich aceæ (q. v.). 2. Entomol.: A European night-moth, Cucullia aster is.