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Webster 1913 Edition


Astral

As′tral

,
Adj.
[L.
astralis
, fr.
astrum
star, Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F.
astral
. See
Star
.]
1.
Pertaining to, coming from, or resembling, the stars; starry; starlike.
Shines only with an
astral
luster.
I. Taylor.
Some
astral
forms I must invoke by prayer.
Dryden.
Astral lamp
,
an Argand lamp so constructed that no shadow is cast upon the table by the flattened ring-shaped reservoir in which the oil is contained.
–
Astral spirits
,
spirits formerly supposed to live in the heavenly bodies or the aërial regions, and represented in the Middle Ages as fallen angels, spirits of the dead, or spirits originating in fire.

Webster 1828 Edition


Astral

AS'TRAL

,
Adj.
[L. astrum; Gr. a star.]
Belonging to the stars; starry.