▪ I. starr Hist.
Also 7 starre, star.
[ad. med.L. starrum, ad. late Heb. sh'ṭār a writing.]
A Jewish deed or bond, esp. one of release or acquittance of debt.
| 1614 Selden Titles Honor 328 Whence the word Starrum or Starre for Acquitances or writen testimonies of Contracts is vsd. 1617 Purchas Pilgrimage ii. x. §7 (ed. 3) 172 Any such Starres or Deeds. 1656 Prynne 2nd Pt. Short Demurrer Jews 11 All their Deeds, Obligations, and Releases were usually called Stars, and Starra, Starrum, Starr. 1875 J. T. Fowler in Yorks. Archæol. Jrnl. III. 57 Starrs were written in Hebrew, Latin, or French. 1902 J. M. Rigg Sel. Pleas, etc. Jews Introd. p. xix, A starr of acquittance entitled the debtor to cancellation and delivery of the duplicate or ‘foot’ (pes) of the chirograph. |
▪ II. starr(e
variant forms of star ns. and v.