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- noun obsolete A
star used fornavigation or guidance at sea.
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Examples
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The sea-star, cockles, and muscles, are the great enemies of the oyster.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 331, September 13, 1828 Various
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` ` It is asserted, '' he says, ` ` that if the fish called a sea-star is smeared with the fox's blood and then nailed to the upper lintel of the door, or to the door itself, with a copper nail, no noxious spell will be able to obtain admittance, or, at all events, be productive of any ill effects. ''
A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume I: The Beginnings of Science 1904
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With naught but the sea-star to light up her tomb.
The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation Various 1878
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With naught but the sea-star [267] to light up her tomb.
The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Thomas Moore 1815
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Carpets of crinoids - cousins of the sea-star - stretched their long limbs languidly into the current for morsels of planktonic food.
WN.com - Articles related to Deepwater Drilling Ban Costs 23,000 Oil Jobs 2010
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Carpets of crinoids - cousins of the sea-star - stretched their long limbs languidly into the current for morsels of planktonic food.
WN.com - Articles related to Deepwater Drilling Ban Costs 23,000 Oil Jobs 2010
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Carpets of crinoids - cousins of the sea-star - stretched their long limbs languidly into the current for morsels of planktonic food.
WN.com - Articles related to Deepwater Drilling Ban Costs 23,000 Oil Jobs 2010
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When I saw Txfarmer's post with a sea-star pattern pumpkin challah, I knew I wanted to give it a try (thank you for the inspiration!).
The Fresh Loaf 2009
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