stars

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

A Southern pronunciation of the word stairs, like bar for bear; also heard in New England.

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  • Stars

    The eleven stars (Gen. 37:9); the seven (Amos 5:8); wandering (Jude 1:13); seen in the east at the b...

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  • blazing stars

    The popular name of comets. ...

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  • clock-stars

    A name for the nautical stars, which, from their positions having been very exactly ascertained, are...

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  • falling stars

    Meteors which have very much the appearance of real stars. They were falsely regarded as foreboders ...

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  • greenwich stars

    Those used for lunar computations in the nautical ephemeris. ...

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  • multiple stars

    When several stars appear in close proximity to each other, they are spoken of, collectively, as a m...

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  • nautical stars

    About 72 of the brightest, which have been selected for determining the latitude or the longitude, b...

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  • stars, fixed

    Those innumerable bodies bespangling the heavens from pole to pole, distinguishable from the planets...

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  • temporary stars

    Those which have suddenly become visible, and after attaining considerable brightness, have as sudde...

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  • variable stars

    Those which are found to exhibit periodical fluctuations of brightness; of which Algol and Mira Ceti...

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  • magnitudes of stars

    The relative degrees of apparent size in which the fixed stars are arranged, and classed according t...

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  • proper motion of the stars

    A movement which some stars are found to possess, independent of the apparent change of place due to...

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