a-stareadv.
/əˈstɛː/ Staring; prominent.
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a-stare1855
1855 R. Browning Childe Roland xiii, in Men & Women I. 140 One stiff blind horse, his every bone a-stare, Stood stupified.
1873 R. Broughton Nancy vi. 47 The tulips are all a-blaze and a-stare.
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adv.1855- to bring upon the lee
- to bring witness
- to bring word
- to bring write word
- to bring your heads together
- to bring, call, come, stoop to lure
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- to bring, call, come, stoop to the lure
- to bring, carry more sacks to the mill
- to bring, carry sacks to the mill
- to bring, come, etc, to an upshot
- to bring, come, etc, to the upshot
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- to bring, drive, put, reduce to the last extremity or extremities
- to bring, get, haul, or put the tacks aboard
- to bring, have under foot
- to bring, make to shond
- to bring, make, set at one
- to bring, put an a tragedy on the stage
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