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r than the sun, moon, comets, and nebulæ. His eyen twinkled in his head aright, As do the stars in the frosty night. Chaucer.

Similar and probably related motion of the stars of an asterism, as distinguished from apparent change of place due to solar motion.-- ## = star streaming --

A view of the universe of brighter stars as it would appear to an observer transported into space outside or beyond our universe of stars.

Half blind.

The men in the starboard watch. [Obs.] R. H. Dana, Jr.

An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed on mere rumor or examine witnesses; it could apply torture. It was abolish…

Not favored by the stars; ill-fated. [Poetic] Shak. Such in my star-crossed destiny. Massinger.

Doctrine or knowledge of the stars; star lore; astrology; astronomy. [Obs.] Which in star-read were wont have best insight. Spenser.

Spangled or studded with stars. Star-spangled banner, the popular name for the national ensign of the United States. F. S. Key.

Pertaining to the right-hand side of a ship; being or lying on the right side; as, the starboard quarter; starboard tack.

Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality. Addison. Starch hyacinth (Bot.), the grape hyacinth; -- so called because the flowers have the smell of boiled starch. See under Grape.

Stiffened with starch.

The quality or state of being starched; stiffness in manners; formality.

One who starches.

In a starched or starch manner.

Of or pertaining to starched or starch; stiffness of manner; preciseness.

The cuckoopint, the tubers of which yield a fine quality of starch.

Consisting of starch; resembling starch; stiff; precise.

Astrology. [R.] Tennyson.

The starling. [Obs.]