star-gazer

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A triangular sail set above the skysail; if square it would be a moonsail, and if set above that, a star-gazer, &c.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

Constance had said that day to Miranda--for this star-gazer to overhear--that she did not believe Kincaid loved Flora, and the hearer had longed to ask her why, but knew she could not tell.

From Kincaid's Battery by Kimball, Alonzo

What matter what happens to the useless old star-gazer?

From Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face by Kingsley, Charles

In me was the blood of the star-gazer, my emotions 140recalling the rejected beliefs, the signs and wonders of the heavens.

From Journeys to Bagdad by Brooks, Charles S. (Charles Stephen)

But his was the old story of the star-gazer walking into the well, who might have studied the stars in the well, but could not be warned of the well by the stars.

From Idolatry A Romance by Hawthorne, Julian