in astronomy. See ASTRONOMY, paffim.

Falling Stars, in meteorology, fiery meteors, which dart through the sky, in form of a star; being occasioned by a nitro-sulphureous matter, the common cause of all such meteors.

in heraldry, a charge frequently borne on the shield, and the honourable ordinaries, in figure of a star; which differs only from the mullet, in not being pierced as this last is. See MULLET.

is also a badge of honour, worn by the knights of the garter, bath, and thistle. See GARTER.

STAR of Bethlehem, in botany. See ORNITHOGALUM.