earth-starn.

Brit.

/ˈəːθstɑː/, U.S.

/ˈərθˌstɑr/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: earth n.¹, star n.¹

Etymology: < earth n.¹ + star n.¹ With sense 2 compare German Erdstern (1828 or earlier).

1. literary and poetic. A person or thing likened to a star on the earth, esp. a bright point of light (now rare). Also: the earth as a starlike object in the sky, or regarded as travelling through space like a star (rare).

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1684 J. Harington Grove 10 in Grecian Story Forth walk'd fair She who might present That Princess-Month, more excellent; Forth prime Ornande trac'd, Earth-Star.

1776 J. Copland St. Andrews ii. 28 The burnish'd roof, that..Shone far and near o'er Ocean's wide domain,..A mark infallible, by night or day, To those ordain'd to plow the wat'ry way, Who..Ey'd this earth-star, and bless'd the useful light.

1816 Ld. Byron Siege Corinth vi. 13 In red and wreathing columns flashed The flame, as loud the ruin crashed, Or into countless meteors driven, Its earth-stars melted into heaven.

1830 M. W. Shelley Fortunes Perkin Warbeck III. xv. 223 Suddenly a small ray of light threaded the gloom; it went and came, and at last remained stationary... Once or twice he lost sight of this tiny earth-star, which evidently shone through some low casement.

1847 E. Atherstone Fall of Nineveh (new ed.) II. xxi. 227 A ray Of red light, as they thus debating stood, Like to an earth-star, far upon the plain Gleamed suddenly.

1855 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Apr. 342/1 He may undertake..a long and painful journey to the bright half of his globe [sc. the moon], to stare at the wondrously brilliant earth-star.

1900 W. Alexander Finding of Bk. 286 O'er the seas Looks he toward Athens, where the very fall Of Grecian sunlight is Platonical? Or, peradventure, towards the Cyclades, The Delian earth-star, ray'd with laurel-trees.

1950 M. Adams tr. R. Steiner Rosicrucianism & Mod. Initiation iv. 142 The Earth was..ruled in her inner activity, in her movement in the Cosmos, by Intelligences whom one could bring together under the name of the Intelligence of the Earth star.

1953 Astounding Sci. Fiction Feb. 99 The encampment was..hung over by a blue sky so dark that the Earth-star occasionally became dimly visible during the dim daytime.

2. A basidiomycete fungus of the family Geastraceae, in which the outer layer of the fruiting body is split into segments, opening out in damp conditions to form a star-shape, thus exposing the inner spore sac only when conditions are favourable for germination.

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the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > earth-star

earth-star1828

man-fungus1866

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1828 R. K. Greville Sc. Cryptogamic Flora VI. 306 (heading) Geastrum multifidum. Many-cleft Earth-star.

1881 Harper's Mag. Dec. 78/1 The little barometer the ‘earth-star’ will send forth its cloud of dust as you pass.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1093 The stinkhorns, puffballs, and earth-stars belong to a curious group in which the spores are formed inside the fruiting body.

1978 Bull. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 12 ii. 82 The earthstars as a group are generally considered uncommon or rare.

2005 A. M. Young Field Guide to Fungi of Austral. 207 Earth stars depend on raindrops for spore dispersal.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	earth-star
释义	earth-starn. Brit. /ˈəːθstɑː/, U.S. /ˈərθˌstɑr/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: earth n.¹, star n.¹ Etymology: < earth n.¹ + star n.¹ With sense 2 compare German Erdstern (1828 or earlier). 1. literary and poetic. A person or thing likened to a star on the earth, esp. a bright point of light (now rare). Also: the earth as a starlike object in the sky, or regarded as travelling through space like a star (rare). ΚΠ 1684 J. Harington Grove 10 in Grecian Story Forth walk'd fair She who might present That Princess-Month, more excellent; Forth prime Ornande trac'd, Earth-Star. 1776 J. Copland St. Andrews ii. 28 The burnish'd roof, that..Shone far and near o'er Ocean's wide domain,..A mark infallible, by night or day, To those ordain'd to plow the wat'ry way, Who..Ey'd this earth-star, and bless'd the useful light. 1816 Ld. Byron Siege Corinth vi. 13 In red and wreathing columns flashed The flame, as loud the ruin crashed, Or into countless meteors driven, Its earth-stars melted into heaven. 1830 M. W. Shelley Fortunes Perkin Warbeck III. xv. 223 Suddenly a small ray of light threaded the gloom; it went and came, and at last remained stationary... Once or twice he lost sight of this tiny earth-star, which evidently shone through some low casement. 1847 E. Atherstone Fall of Nineveh (new ed.) II. xxi. 227 A ray Of red light, as they thus debating stood, Like to an earth-star, far upon the plain Gleamed suddenly. 1855 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Apr. 342/1 He may undertake..a long and painful journey to the bright half of his globe [sc. the moon], to stare at the wondrously brilliant earth-star. 1900 W. Alexander Finding of Bk. 286 O'er the seas Looks he toward Athens, where the very fall Of Grecian sunlight is Platonical? Or, peradventure, towards the Cyclades, The Delian earth-star, ray'd with laurel-trees. 1950 M. Adams tr. R. Steiner Rosicrucianism & Mod. Initiation iv. 142 The Earth was..ruled in her inner activity, in her movement in the Cosmos, by Intelligences whom one could bring together under the name of the Intelligence of the Earth star. 1953 Astounding Sci. Fiction Feb. 99 The encampment was..hung over by a blue sky so dark that the Earth-star occasionally became dimly visible during the dim daytime. 2. A basidiomycete fungus of the family Geastraceae, in which the outer layer of the fruiting body is split into segments, opening out in damp conditions to form a star-shape, thus exposing the inner spore sac only when conditions are favourable for germination. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > earth-star earth-star1828 man-fungus1866 geaster1887 1828 R. K. Greville Sc. Cryptogamic Flora VI. 306 (heading) Geastrum multifidum. Many-cleft Earth-star. 1881 Harper's Mag. Dec. 78/1 The little barometer the ‘earth-star’ will send forth its cloud of dust as you pass. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1093 The stinkhorns, puffballs, and earth-stars belong to a curious group in which the spores are formed inside the fruiting body. 1978 Bull. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 12 ii. 82 The earthstars as a group are generally considered uncommon or rare. 2005 A. M. Young Field Guide to Fungi of Austral. 207 Earth stars depend on raindrops for spore dispersal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1684
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