a. 1. Abounding with stars; adorned with stars. “Above the starry sky.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Consisting of, or proceeding from, the stars; stellar; stellary; as, starry light; starry flame. [ 1913 Webster ]
Do not Christians and Heathens, Jews and Gentiles, poets and philosophers, unite in allowing the starry influence? Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Shining like stars; sparkling; as, starry eyes. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. Arranged in rays like those of a star; stellate. [ 1913 Webster ]
Starry ray (Zool.), a European skate (Raia radiata); -- so called from the stellate bases of the dorsal spines. [ 1913 Webster ]