Sea-star

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A star used for navigation or guidance at sea. obsolete

    "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)"

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"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)"

Etymology

From Middle English *sesterre, from Old English sǣsteorra (“a star which guides mariners at sea”), equivalent to sea + star.

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