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ˈstar-bright, a.
Also star bright.
a. Bright as a star; bright with stars. Chiefly poet.
1560T. Phaer æneid x. (1562) F f iij, The father of gods..him selfe doth councell call into the starbright seat. 1561T. Nuce Seneca's Octavia ii. ii. E j, So is Augustus prince and father cald, Of country first, in starbright throne ystald. 1606Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. ii. Magnificence 840 Their star-bright eye seems vail'd. 1667Milton P.L. x. 450 At last as from a Cloud his fulgent head And shape Starr⁓bright appeer'd. 1817Shelley Rev. Islam i. xviii, Loosening her star-bright robe and shadowy hair. 1828Coleridge Gard. Boccaccio 77 Florence!..Thou brightest star of star⁓bright Italy!
b. Of wine and cider: perfectly clear and free from sediment (see quot. 1979).
1833Loudon Encycl. Archit. §1324 When it [cider] has remained a short time quiet,..if not perfectly star-bright, which it seldom is, it should be fined with isinglass. 1923A. L. Simon Supply, Care & Sale of Wine xvi. 109 Before bottling any wine, you must make sure:—..That the wine is star-bright. Ibid. 110 These..conditions are, to my mind, rules without exception, but there are bottlers who make an exception to the ‘star-bright bottling’ rule when they bottle Vintage Ports. 1945Wine & Spirit Trade Rec. 18 June 650/1 A device that helps the examination of Wines is to paint sheets of tin..with black pigment..and to fix it in an angle of the cellar walls where a short gas jet can be lit behind the bottle so that the Wine can be seen..under the best conditions for discovering whether the Wine is ‘star bright’ or not. 1973Times 20 Oct. 14/2 Modern vinification makes the majority of wines ‘star bright’ but the presence of a little deposit in many fine wines means quality. 1979Turner & Roycroft Winemaker's Encycl. 167 Wines which are brilliantly clear and reflect highlights when in the bottle are said to be ‘star-bright’. All wines that are entered in competitions or are otherwise exhibited publicly should be star-bright. |