English

Alternative forms

• fixed star (17th Century)
• faxed-star

Noun

faxed star ‎(plural faxed stars)

1. (rare, dialectal) A comet; meteor.
   • 2009, Harry Alfred Long, Personal and Family Names:

     The difference between true and false glory is elegantly illustrated by Milton in his description of Satan, who, falling, was defigured from a star of high magnitude into a faxed star, whose meteoric flash soon fades, [...]