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Abounding with stars; adorned with stars.

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  1. a. Abounding with stars; adorned with stars.
  2. a. Consisting of, or proceeding from, the stars; stellar; stellary; as, starry light; starry flame.
  3. a. Shining like stars; sparkling; as, starry eyes.
  4. a. Arranged in rays like those of a star; stellate.
  5. adj. abounding with or resembling stars
  6. 1. Abounding with stars; adorned with stars. "Above the starry sky." Pope. 2. Consisting of, or proceeding from, the stars; stellar; stellary; as, starry light; starry flame. Do not Christians and Heathens, Jews and Gentiles, poets and philosophers, unite in allowing the starry influence Sir W. Scott. 3. Shining like stars; sparkling; as, starry eyes. 4. Arranged in rays like those of a star; stellate. Starry ray (Zoöl.), a European skate (Raita radiata); -- so called from the stellate bases of the dorsal spines.
  7. j:100 a. abounding with or resembling stars