Stare
(Stare), n. The act of staring; a fixed look with eyes wide open. "A dull and stupid stare." Churchill.
Starer
(Star"er) n. One who stares, or gazes.
Starf
(Starf) obs. imp. of Starve. Starved. Chaucer.
Starfinch
(Star"finch`) n. (Zoöl.) The European redstart.
Starfish
(Star"fish) n.
1. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of echinoderms belonging to the class Asterioidea, in which
the body is star-shaped and usually has five rays, though the number of rays varies from five to forty or
more. The rays are often long, but are sometimes so short as to appear only as angles to the disklike
body. Called also sea star, five-finger, and stellerid.
The ophiuroids are also sometimes called starfishes. See Brittle star, and Ophiuroidea.
2. (Zoöl.) The dollar fish, or butterfish.
Stargaser
(Star"gas`er) n.
1. One who gazes at the stars; an astrologer; sometimes, in derision or contempt, an astronomer.
2. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of spiny-rayed marine fishes belonging to Uranoscopus, Astroscopus,
and allied genera, of the family Uranoscopidæ. The common species of the Eastern United States are
Astroscopus anoplus, and A. guttatus. So called from the position of the eyes, which look directly upward.
Stargasing
(Star"gas`ing), n.
1. The act or practice of observing the stars with attention; contemplation of the stars as connected with
astrology or astronomy. Swift.
2. Hence, absent-mindedness; abstraction.
Staringly
(Star"ing*ly) adv. With a staring look.
Stark
(Stark) a. [Compar. Starker ; superl. Starkest.] [OE. stark stiff, strong, AS. stearc; akin to OS.
starc strong, D. sterk, OHG. starc, starah, G. & Sw. stark, Dan. stærk, Icel. sterkr, Goth. gastaúrknan
to become dried up, Lith. strëgti to stiffen, to freeze. Cf. Starch, a. & n.]
1. Stiff; rigid. Chaucer.
Whose senses all were straight benumbed and stark.
Spenser.
His heart gan wax as stark as marble stone.
Spenser.
Many a nobleman lies stark and stiff
Under the hoofs of vaunting enemies.
Shak.
The north is not so stark and cold.
B. Jonson. 2. Complete; absolute; full; perfect; entire. [Obs.]
Consider the stark security
The common wealth is in now.
B. Jonson.
