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BestarredBestar Be*star", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bestarred.]
To sprinkle with, or as with, stars; to decorate with, or as
with, stars; to bestud. ``Bestarred with anemones.' --W.
Black. Ill-starred
Ill-starred Ill"-starred`, a.
Fated to be unfortunate; unlucky; as, an ill-starred man or
day.
StarredStar 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. ``A sable curtain
starred with gold.' --Young. starredStarling Star"ling, n. [OE. sterlyng, a dim. of OE. stare, AS.
st[ae]r; akin to AS. stearn, G. star, staar, OHG. stara,
Icel. starri, stari, Sw. stare, Dan. st[ae]r, L. sturnus. Cf.
Stare a starling.]
1. (Zo["o]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["o]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["o]l.) See Pastor. StarredStarred 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. Starriness
Starriness Star"ri*ness, n.
The quality or state of being starry; as, the starriness of
the heavens.
StarringStar 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. ``A sable curtain
starred with gold.' --Young. StarryStarry 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. Starry rayStarry 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. Starry rayRay Ray, n. [F. raie, L. raia. Cf. Roach.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order
Rai[ae], 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[`a]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[ae], or
[AE]tobatid[ae]. 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[ae] having one or more large, sharp,
barbed dorsal spines on the whiplike tail. Called also
stingaree.
