Starry ray

Starry ray
Starry Star"ry (st[aum]r"r[y^]), a. 1. Abounding with stars; adorned with stars. ``Above the starry sky.'' --Pope. [1913 Webster]

2. Consisting of, or proceeding from, the stars; stellar; stellary; as, starry light; starry flame. [1913 Webster]

Do not Christians and Heathens, Jews and Gentiles, poets and philosophers, unite in allowing the starry influence? --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

3. Shining like stars; sparkling; as, starry eyes. [1913 Webster]

4. Arranged in rays like those of a star; stellate. [1913 Webster]

{Starry ray} (Zo["o]l.), a European skate ({Raia radiata}); -- so called from the stellate bases of the dorsal spines. [1913 Webster]


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  • starry ray — noun : a skate (Raja radiata) common on the European coasts and occasionally on the Atlantic coast of America having large dorsal spines with stellate bases …   Useful english dictionary

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