English Dictionary: Streuarbeiten | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Savory \Sa"vo*ry\ (s[amac]"v[osl]*r[ycr]), n. [F. savor[82]e; cf. It. santoreggia, satureja, L. satureia,] (Bot.) An aromatic labiate plant ({Satureia hortensis}), much used in cooking; -- also called {summer savory}. [Written also {savoury}.] | |
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Setterwort \Set"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.) The bear's-foot ({Helleborus f[oe]tidus}); -- so called because the root was used in settering, or inserting setons into the dewlaps of cattle. Called also {pegroots}. --Dr. Prior. | |
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Skye terrier \Skye" ter"ri*er\ (Zo[94]l.) See {Terrier}. | |
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{Blazing star}, {Double star}, {Multiple star}, {Shooting star}, etc. See under {Blazing}, {Double}, etc. {Nebulous star} (Astron.), a small well-defined circular nebula, having a bright nucleus at its center like a star. {Star anise} (Bot.), any plant of the genus Illicium; -- so called from its star-shaped capsules. {Star apple} (Bot.), a tropical American tree ({Chrysophyllum Cainito}), having a milky juice and oblong leaves with a silky-golden pubescence beneath. It bears an applelike fruit, the carpels of which present a starlike figure when cut across. The name is extended to the whole genus of about sixty species, and the natural order ({Sapotace[91]}) to which it belongs is called the Star-apple family. {Star conner}, one who cons, or studies, the stars; an astronomer or an astrologer. --Gascoigne. {Star coral} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of stony corals belonging to {Astr[91]a}, {Orbicella}, and allied genera, in which the calicles are round or polygonal and contain conspicuous radiating septa. {Star cucumber}. (Bot.) See under {Cucumber}. {Star flower}. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus {Ornithogalum}; star-of-Bethlehem. (b) See {Starwort} (b) . (c) An American plant of the genus {Trientalis} ({Trientalis Americana}). --Gray. {Star fort} (Fort.), a fort surrounded on the exterior with projecting angles; -- whence the name. {Star gauge} (Ordnance), a long rod, with adjustable points projecting radially at its end, for measuring the size of different parts of the bore of a gun. {Star grass}. (Bot.) (a) A small grasslike plant ({Hypoxis erecta}) having star-shaped yellow flowers. (b) The colicroot. See {Colicroot}. {Star hyacinth} (Bot.), a bulbous plant of the genus {Scilla} ({S. autumnalis}); -- called also {star-headed hyacinth}. {Star jelly} (Bot.), any one of several gelatinous plants ({Nostoc commune}, {N. edule}, etc.). See {Nostoc}. {Star lizard}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stellion}. {Star-of-Bethlehem} (Bot.), a bulbous liliaceous plant ({Ornithogalum umbellatum}) having a small white starlike flower. {Star-of-the-earth} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Plantago} ({P. coronopus}), growing upon the seashore. {Star polygon} (Geom.), a polygon whose sides cut each other so as to form a star-shaped figure. {Stars and Stripes}, a popular name for the flag of the United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in a blue field, white stars to represent the several States, one for each. With the old flag, the true American flag, the Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes, waving over the chamber in which we sit. --D. Webster. {Star showers}. See {Shooting star}, under {Shooting}. {Star thistle} (Bot.), an annual composite plant ({Centaurea solstitialis}) having the involucre armed with radiating spines. {Star wheel} (Mach.), a star-shaped disk, used as a kind of ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions of some machines. {Star worm} (Zo[94]l.), a gephyrean. {Temporary star} (Astron.), a star which appears suddenly, shines for a period, and then nearly or quite disappears. These stars are supposed by some astronometers to be variable stars of long and undetermined periods. {Variable star} (Astron.), a star whose brilliancy varies periodically, generally with regularity, but sometimes irregularly; -- called {periodical star} when its changes occur at fixed periods. {Water star grass} (Bot.), an aquatic plant ({Schollera graminea}) with small yellow starlike blossoms. | |
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Starer \Star"er\, n. One who stares, or gazes. | |
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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. | |
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Ray \Ray\, n. [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. {Roach}.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Rai[91], including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc. (b) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See {Skate}. {Bishop ray}, a yellow-spotted, long-tailed eagle ray ({Stoasodon n[85]rinari}) of the Southern United States and the West Indies. {Butterfly ray}, a short-tailed American sting ray ({Pteroplatea Maclura}), having very broad pectoral fins. {Devil ray}. See {Sea Devil}. {Eagle ray}, any large ray of the family {Myliobatid[91]}, or {[92]tobatid[91]}. The common European species ({Myliobatis aquila}) is called also {whip ray}, and {miller}. {Electric ray}, or {Cramp ray}, a torpedo. {Starry ray}, a common European skate ({Raia radiata}). {Sting ray}, any one of numerous species of rays of the family {Trygonid[91]} having one or more large, sharp, barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also {stingaree}. | |
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Starwort \Star"wort`\, n. (Bot.) (a) Any plant of the genus {Aster}. See {Aster}. (b) A small plant of the genus {Stellaria}, having star-shaped flowers; star flower; chickweed. --Gray. {Water starwort}, an aquatic plant ({Callitriche verna}) having some resemblance to chickweed. {Yellow starwort}, a plant of the genus {Inula}; elecampane. | |
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Steerer \Steer"er\, n. One who steers; as, a boat steerer. | |
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Stirrer \Stir"rer\, n. One who, or that which, stirs something; also, one who moves about, especially after sleep; as, an early stirrer. --Shak. {Stirrer up}, an instigator or inciter. --Atterbury. | |
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Stirrer \Stir"rer\, n. One who, or that which, stirs something; also, one who moves about, especially after sleep; as, an early stirrer. --Shak. {Stirrer up}, an instigator or inciter. --Atterbury. | |
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Storer \Stor"er\, n. One who lays up or forms a store. | |
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Storeroom \Store"room`\, n. Room in a storehouse or repository; a room in which articles are stored. | |
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Storier \Sto"ri*er\, n. A relater of stories; an historian. [Obs.] --Bp. Peacock. | |
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Story-writer \Sto"ry-writ`er\, n. 1. One who writes short stories, as for magazines. 2. An historian; a chronicler. [Obs.] [bd]Rathums, the story-writer.[b8] --1 Esdr. ii. 17. | |
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Strawworm \Straw"worm`\, n. A caddice worm. | |
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Strayer \Stray"er\, n. One who strays; a wanderer. | |
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Glover \Glov"er\, n. One whose trade it is to make or sell gloves. {Glover's} {suture [or] stitch}, a kind of stitch used in sewing up wounds, in which the thread is drawn alternately through each side from within outward. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Star Harbor, TX (town, FIPS 70076) Location: 32.19375 N, 96.05574 W Population (1990): 368 (228 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) |