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stary, a.|ˈstɛərɪ|
[f. stare v. (sense 5) + -y. Cf. G. dial. starrig.]
(See quot. 1886.)
1884W. S. B. McLaren Spinning 171 The projecting fibres, which would make it stary and lack lustre, in passing beneath the cap get laid along the yarn and twisted into the body of it. 1886W. Somerset Word-bk., Stary... Thread⁓bare. A word used technically of cloth in which the separate threads are plainly to be seen. |