Astar

Origin

- + a + star

Full definition of astar

Adjective

1. Covered with bright or sparkling objects.
• 1903, Katherine Cecil Burton, The Circle, New York: A.L. Burt, Part2, Chapter6, p.171,^{https://archive.org/details/thecircle00thuriala/page/171/mode/1up?q=astar}... 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, Chapter6, p.71,^{https://archive.org/details/drinadancesalone0000alla/page/71/mode/1up}The hedges were astar with blackthorn and there were primroses and cowslips on the banks.
2. Shining as if with sparks or small points of light.
• 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, Boston: L.C. Page, Chapter8, pp.79-80,^{https://archive.org/details/anneofgreengable00mont_11/page/80/mode/1up?q=astar}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.
• 1993, Anne Gay, Dancing on the Volcano, London: Orbit, Chapter33, p.373,^{https://archive.org/details/dancingonvolcano0000gaya/page/373/mode/1up?q=astar}Astar with the cold fire of gems, it palace was.

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