n. See Aleconner. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to place among the stars. ] A placing among the stars; a catalogue of stars. [ 1913 Webster ]
The catasterisms of Eratosthenes. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who tastes beforehand, or before another. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. Poetaster. ] One who has but a smattering of Latin. Walker. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to the metasternum. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Pref. meta- + sternum. ]
n. An inferior rhymer, or writer of verses; a dabbler in poetic art. [ 1913 Webster ]
The talk of forgotten poetasters. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Thy tutor be thy taster, ere thou eat. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]