sea-star
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English *sesterre, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English sǣsteorra (“a star which guides mariners at sea”), equivalent to sea + star.
Noun
- (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)