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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 784 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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STAR , the See also:

general See also:term for the luminous bodies seen in the heavens; used also by See also:analogy for star-shaped ornaments (see See also:MEDAL; Orders and Decorations) or other See also:objects, and figuratively for persons of conspicuous brilliance. The word is See also:common to many branches of See also:languages: in See also:Teutonic two forms appear, starre or sterre (cf. Du. ster), and See also:sterne, or stern (cf. Ger. Stern, and the Scand. stjerna, stjerna, &c.). From See also:Lat. stella, are derived Span. and See also:Port. estrella, and Fr. etoile. Only two copies of the orginal See also:Leiden edition of See also:Stanyhurst's See also:translation of See also:Virgil are known to be in existence. In this edition his orthographical cranks are preserved. A reprint in 1583 by See also:Henry Bynneman forms the basis of J. Maidment's edition (See also:Edinburgh, 1836), and of See also:Professor E. See also:Arber's reprint (188o), which contains an excellent introduction. Stanyhurst's Latin See also:works include De See also:rebus in See also:Hibernia gestis (See also:Antwerp, 1584) and a See also:life of St See also:Patrick (1587).

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