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Blazing
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Blaze>>. II. Blazing ·adj Burning with a blaze; as, a blazing fire; blazing to...

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blazing
spreading abroad news or scandal. Ex. ...

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

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blazing star
(Aletris farinosa.) A plant, the root of which is greatly esteemed by the Indians and people of the ...

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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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