astar en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English a- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr Proto-Germanic *sternǭ Proto-West Germanic *sternō Proto-West Germanic *sterrō Old English steorra Middle English sterre English star English astar From a- + star.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, predicative) Covered with bright or sparkling objects.
[…] they could follow the high-rose hedge, already astar with buds.
1903, Katherine Cecil Burton, The Circle, New York: A.L. Burt, Part 2, Chapter 6, p. 171:1959, Mabel Esther Allan (as Jean Estoril), Drina Dances Alone, New York: Scholastic, 1989, Chapter 6, p. 71, The hedges were astar with blackthorn and there were primroses and cowslips on the banks.
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(not-comparable, predicative) Shining as if with sparks or small points of light.
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.
1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 8, in Anne of Green Gables, Boston: L.C. Page, pages 79–80:Astar with the cold fire of gems, it [the palace] was.
1993, Anne Gay, chapter 33, in Dancing on the Volcano, London: Orbit, page 373: