Vocabulary : Star-blind to Starchly
Star-blind : Half blind.Starblowlines : The men in the starboard watch.
Starboard : That side of a vessel which is on the right hand of a person who stands on board facing the bow; -- opposed to larboard, or port. ;; Pertaining to the right-hand side of a ship; being or lying on the right side; as, the starboard quarter; starboard tack. ;; To put to the right, or starboard, side of a vessel; as, to starboard the helm.
Starch : Stiff; precise; rigid. ;; A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc. ;; Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality. ;; To stiffen with starch.
Star-chamber : An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed on mere rumor or examine witnesses; it could apply torture. It was abolished by the Long Parliament in 1641.
