Hypertext Webster Gateway: "starry"

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

Starry \Star"ry\, a.
1. Abounding with stars; adorned with stars. ``Above the
starry sky.'' --Pope.

2. Consisting of, or proceeding from, the stars; stellar;
stellary; as, starry light; starry flame.

Do not Christians and Heathens, Jews and Gentiles,
poets and philosophers, unite in allowing the starry
influence? --Sir W.
Scott.

3. Shining like stars; sparkling; as, starry eyes.

4. Arranged in rays like those of a star; stellate.

{Starry ray} (Zo["o]l.), a European skate ({Raita radiata});
-- so called from the stellate bases of the dorsal spines.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

starry
adj : abounding with or resembling stars; "a starry night";
"starry eyes" [ant: {starless}]


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