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The common tern; -- called also tarret, and tarrock. [Prov. Eng.]

With a staring look.

To deceive; to impose on. [Obs.] Their eyes red and staring, cozened with a moist cloud, and abused by a double object. Jer. Taylor.

named from its harsh taste. When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl. Shak.

In a ghastly manner; hideously. Staring full ghastly like a strangled man. Shak.

Full and rolling, or staring; -- said of the eyes. The long, sallow vissage, the goggle eyes. Sir W. Scott.

Prominent; staring, as the eye.

the features distorted or wasted, or anxious in appearance; as, haggard features, eyes. Staring his eyes, and haggard was his look. Dryden.

A morbid condition in which the eye stands wide open, giving a peculiar staring appearance.

To excel or overcome in staring; to face down. I would outstare the sternest eyes that look. Shak.

ruelty; barbarity. The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke, That ever wall-eyed wrath or staring rage Presented to the tears of soft remorse. Shak.

ive drinking; an habitual drunkard. "A brutal sot." Granville. Every sign That calls the staring sots to nasty wine. Roscommon.

To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, color, or brilliancy; as, staring windows or colors.

bat, so as to fly into the air. In the middle of a game at tipcat, he paused, and stood staring wildly upward with his stick in his hand. Macaulay.

o stare or stand upward; hence, to be uplifted or conspicuous. "Rearing fiercely their upstaring crests." Spenser.