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Impervious to the light of the stars; as, a starproof elm. [Poetic] Milton.

Adorned or studded with stars; bespangled.

The quality or state of being starry; as, the starriness of the heavens.

Abounding with stars; adorned with stars. "Above the starry sky." Pope.

The light of the stars. [R.] The starshine lights upon our heads. R. L. Stevenson.

See Nostoc.

Asteriated sapphire.

h a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act. And maketh him out of his sleep to start. Chaucer. I start as from some dreadful dream. Dryden. Keep your soul to the work when ready to start aside. I. Watts. But if he start, It is the flesh of a corrupted heart. Shak.…

One who comes suddenly into notice; an upstart. [Obs.] Shak.

One who, or that which, starts; as, a starter on a journey; the starter of a race.

Apt to start; skittish. [R.]

Aptness to start. [R.]

Any humming bird of the genus Heliomaster. The feathers of the throat have a brilliant metallic luster.

from Start, v. Starting bar (Steam Eng.), a hand lever for working the values in starting an engine. -- Starting hole, a loophole; evasion. [Obs.] -- Starting point, the point from which motion begins, or from which anything starts. -- Starting post, a post, stake, barrier, or place from which competitors in a race s…

By sudden fits or starts; spasmodically. Shak.

Apt to start; skittish; shy; -- said especially of a horse. [Colloq.]

To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start. Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction Addison.

In a startling manner.

Easily startled; apt to start; startish; skittish; -- said especially of a hourse. [Colloq.]

The act of starving, or the state of being starved.