Hypertext Webster Gateway: "astir"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Astir \A*stir"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + stir.]
Stirring; in a state of activity or motion; out of bed.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
astir
adj 1: out of bed; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each
morning" [syn: {astir(p)}, {up(p)}]
2: on the move; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over
the incident" [syn: {about(p)}, {astir(p)}]
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