stelledadj.
Obsolete exc. poetic.
1. ? Formed into stars; stellar.
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the world > the universe > star > [adjective] > stellified
stellified1611
starred1615
stelleda1616
a1616 W. Shakespeare King Lear (1623) iii. vii. 59 The Sea..Would haue buoy'd vp And quench'd the Stelled [1608 steeled] fires.
2. Studded with stars, starred.
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the world > the universe > star > [adjective] > full of
starredc1225
starry?c1400
starneda1425
stelliferant1490
stelliferal1496
starnyc1500
stellatec1500
stelliferous1583
star-spangled1600
lampful1605
starful1606
stellified1611
stelled1628
star-studded?a1656
astriferous1656
stellated1755
constellated1767
constellate1855
instarred1888
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [adjective] > ornamented with stars
starred1397
starrified1598
star-spangled1600
stellified1611
stelled1628
bestarred1655
star-studded1854
star-headed1855
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. viii. sig. Iv Open Rebukes are for Magistrates, and Courts of Iustice: for Stelled Chambers, and for Scarlets, in the thronged Hall.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Stelled, full of, or garnished with stars.
1949 E. Blunden After Bombing 41 Thence the eye soon travelled over much green plain, Swathed with plats blush-dyed, with blue meres stelled.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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