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Definition of Starless
1. Adjective. Not starry; having no stars or starlike objects. "Dark starless nights"
Definition of Starless
1. a. Being without stars; having no stars visible; as, a starless night.
Definition of Starless
1. Adjective. without visible stars. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Starless
1. having no stars [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Starless
Literary usage of Starless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe by Alexander von Humboldt, Elise C. Otté (1858)
"Herschel ascribes these openings or starless regions to the attractive and
agglomerative forces of the marginal groups.£ " They are parts of our starry ..."
2. Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe by Alexander von Humboldt (1864)
"If we picture to ourselves the telescopic stars lying behind one another as a
starry canopy spread over the vault of heaven, these starless regions in ..."
3. Songs of Salvation: Work Songs, Welcome Songs, Prayer Songs, Faith and Hope by Theodore E. Perkins, Alfred Taylor (1870)
"Oh, shall I wear a starless crown In yon-der world of glo-ry? Or will some lit -
tie friend be The wondrous sto - ry of the cross, The sufferings of the ..."
4. Christian Memorials of the War: Or, Scenes and Incidents Illustrative of by Horatio Balch Hackett (1864)
"... and the entire meeting was less than an hour. We shall always remember that
prayer-meeting in the Massachusetts Twenty-second. V. A starless ..."
5. Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe by Alexander von Humboldt (1849)
"If we picture to ourselves the telescopic stars lying behind one another as a
starry canopy spread over the vault of heaven, these starless regions in ..."
6. The Advantages and the Dangers of the American Scholar: A Discourse by Gulian Crommelin Verplanck (1836)
"Prostrate alike, when prince and peasant fell, He only, disenchanted from the
spell, Like the weak worm that gems the starless night, Moved in the scanty ..."
7. The Speaker's Garland: Comprising 100 Choice Selections by Phineas Garrett (1892)
"THE starless CROWN. Wearied and worn with earthly cares, I yielded to repose,
And soon before my raptured sight a glorious vision rose: I thought, ..."
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