Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Starry \Star"ry\, a.
   1. Abounding with stars; adorned with stars. ``Above the
      starry sky.'' --Pope.

   2. Consisting of, or proceeding from, the stars; stellar;
      stellary; as, starry light; starry flame.

            Do not Christians and Heathens, Jews and Gentiles,
            poets and philosophers, unite in allowing the starry
            influence?                            --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

   3. Shining like stars; sparkling; as, starry eyes.

   4. Arranged in rays like those of a star; stellate.

   {Starry ray} (Zo["o]l.), a European skate ({Raita radiata});
      -- so called from the stellate bases of the dorsal spines.