sea-star
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Middle English *sesterre, from Old English sǣsteorra (“a star which guides mariners at sea”), equivalent to sea + star.
Noun
edit- (obsolete) A star used for navigation or guidance at sea.
- 1658: By the same number doth nature divide the circle of the Sea-Starre — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 188)