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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
starred
adj
  1. marked with an asterisk; "the starred items" [syn: asterisked, starred]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Star \Star\ (st[aum]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Starred}
      (st[aum]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Starring}.]
      To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to
      bespangle; as, a robe starred with gems. [bd]A sable curtain
      starred with gold.[b8] --Young.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Starling \Star"ling\, n. [OE. sterlyng, a dim. of OE. stare, AS.
      st[91]r; akin to AS. stearn, G. star, staar, OHG. stara,
      Icel. starri, stari, Sw. stare, Dan. st[91]r, L. sturnus. Cf.
      {Stare} a starling.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) Any passerine bird belonging to {Sturnus} and
            allied genera. The European starling ({Sturnus vulgaris})
            is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss,
            and spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird,
            and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called also
            {stare}, and {starred}. The pied starling of India is
            {Sternopastor contra}.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A California fish; the rock trout.
  
      3. A structure of piles driven round the piers of a bridge
            for protection and support; -- called also {sterling}.
  
      {Rose-colored starling}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pastor}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Starred \Starred\, a. [From {Star}.]
      1. Adorned or studded with stars; bespangled.
  
      2. Influenced in fortune by the stars. [Obs.]
  
                     My third comfort, Starred most unluckily. --Shak.
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