Sea-star

Alternative forms

• sea-starre

Origin

From Middle English *sesterre, from Old English sǣsteorra ("a star which guides mariners at sea"), equivalent to sea + star.

Full definition of sea-star

Noun

1. (obsolete) A star used for navigation or guidance at sea.
• 1658: By the same number doth nature divide the circle of the Sea-Starre — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 188)