Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Stargaser

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Stargaser


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(1):

(n.) Any one of several species of spiny-rayed marine fishes belonging to Uranoscopus, Astroscopus, and allied genera, of the family Uranoscopidae. The common species of the Eastern United States are Astroscopus anoplus, and A. guttatus. So called from the position of the eyes, which look directly upward.

(2):

(n.) One who gazes at the stars; an astrologer; sometimes, in derision or contempt, an astronomer.