English Dictionary: starry | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for starry | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Starry \Star"ry\, a. 1. Abounding with stars; adorned with stars. [bd]Above the starry sky.[b8] --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[94]l.), a European skate ({Raita radiata}); -- so called from the stellate bases of the dorsal spines. |