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of perishing with cold or hunger.] Lydgate. In hot coals he hath himself raked . . . Thus starved this worthy mighty Hercules. Chaucer.

In the condition of one starved or starving; parsimoniously. Some boasting housekeeper which keepth open doors for one day, . . . and lives starvedly all the year after. Bp. Hall.

es from lack or food, or nutriment. Old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling. Shak.

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.

A severe critic. Knowles.

Severely critical.

Severely criticism.

Over to the starboard side; -- said of the tiller.

Same as Astert. [Obs.]

A genus of bivalve mollusks, common on the coasts of America and Europe.

A sweet Spanish wine like muscadel in flavor. Brown bastard is your only drink. Shak.

The state of being a bastard; bastardy.

To make or prove to be a bastard; to stigmatize as a bastard; to declare or decide legally to be illegitimate. The law is so indulgent as not to bastardize the child, if born, though not begotten, in lawful wedlock. Blackstone.

Bastardlike; baseborn; spuripous; corrupt. [Obs.] -- adv.

The state of being a bastard; illegitimacy.

To sprinkle with, or as with, stars; to decorate with, or as with, stars; to bestud. "Bestarred with anemones." W. Black.

Any species of ophiuran starfishes. See Ophiuroidea.

A bird of the genus Otis.

To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands; as, to clearstarch muslin.

One who clearstarches.