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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Starry \Star"ry\, a.
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} (Zo["o]l.), a European skate ({Raita radiata});
-- so called from the stellate bases of the dorsal spines.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
starry
adj : abounding with or resembling stars; "a starry night";
"starry eyes" [ant: {starless}]
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