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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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star luminous celestial body OE., image or figure of one of them XIV. OE.
steorra = OS.
sterro (Du.
ster,
star), OHG.
sterro :- WGmc. *
sterran- (cf. OHG.
sterno (G.
stern), ON.
stjarna, Goth
stairnō), f. IE. *
ster- *
stēr-, repr by L.
stēlla (:- *
sterlā), Gr.
astḗr (
aster-),
ástron.
Hence
starry (
-Y1 XIV.
star-gazer XVI; see
GAZE.
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Transcript from: Washington Transcript Service; 11/10/2009; 700+ words
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Astronomy
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
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Heaven
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
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Instruments
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
...instrument formerly used for taking bearings of the sun and stars. See also 352. REPRESENTATION . auriscope an instrument for...diameter, now used for measuring the angular distance between stars. horometer an instrument for measuring time. hydrometer an...
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Measurement
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
...the planes of salt crystals. —halometer , n. heliometry the practice of measuring the angular distance between stars by means of a heliometer. —heliometric, heliometrical , adj. horometry the art or science of measuring time...
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Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Stanford was forced to concede the originality of the young man's work, and Coleridge-Taylor became one of the school's star students. He received the Royal College of Music's sole composition fellowship in 1893. By the time he finished his studies...
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