Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AS'TER-ISK
AS'TER-ISK, n. [Gr. αςερισκος, a little star, from αςηρ, a star.]
The figure of a star, thus, *, used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, or to fill the space when a name is omitted.
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