Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stared"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Stare \Stare\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {stared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{staring}.] [AS. starian; akin to LG. & D. staren, OHG.
star[=e]n, G. starren, Icel. stara; cf. Icel. stira, Dan.
stirre, Sw. stirra, and G. starr stiff, rigid, fixed, Gr. ?
solid (E. stereo-), Skr. sthira firm, strong. [root]166. Cf.
{Sterile}.]
1. To look with fixed eyes wide open, as through fear,
wonder, surprise, impudence, etc.; to fasten an earnest
and prolonged gaze on some object.

For ever upon the ground I see thee stare.
--Chaucer.

Look not big, nor stamp, nor stare, nor fret.
--Shak.

2. To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence,
color, or brilliancy; as, staring windows or colors.

3. To stand out; to project; to bristle. [Obs.]

Makest my blood cold, and my hair to stare. --Shak.

Take off all the staring straws and jags in the
hive. --Mortimer.

Syn: To gaze; to look earnestly. See {Gaze}.

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