astar

Definitions

1. Covered with bright or sparkling objects.
   not-comparable, predicative
2. Shining as if with sparks or small points of light.
   not-comparable, predicative

Examples

“[…] they could follow⟳ the high-rose hedge, already astar with buds.”

“1959, Mabel Esther Allan (as Jean Estoril), Drina Dances Alone, New York: Scholastic, 1989, Chapter 6, p. 71, The hedges were astar with blackthorn and there were primroses and cowslips on the banks.”

“She found Anne standing motionless before a picture hanging on the wall between the two windows, with her hands clasped behind her, her face⟳ uplifted, and her eyes astar with dreams.”

“Astar with the cold fire of gems, it [the palace] was.”

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