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falling-star|ˈfɔːlɪŋstɑː(r)|
[f. falling ppl. a. + star.]
A meteor; a shooting star.
1563Fulke Meteors (1640) 8 b, Thus much for the shooting or falling starres. 1690T. Burnet Th. Earth iii. 98 The last sign we shall take notice of is that of Falling Stars. 1759Miller in Phil. Trans. LI. 258 This meteor..moved with less rapidity than falling-stars commonly do. 1836Macgillivray Humboldt's Trav. x. 127 He found falling stars more frequent in the equinoctial regions. |