Stare, vb. 1) to be stiff, to stand on end: “makest . . . my hair to s.” Caes. IV, 3, 280.
2) to look with fixed eyes wide open: Ven. 301. Ven. 301 Wiv. V, 5, 168 (--ings, in Evans' speech). LLL V, 2, 927. LLL V, 2, 927 Shr. III, 2, 230. John IV, 3, 49. R2 V, 3, 24. H6B III, 2, 170. H6B III, 2, 170 Caes. I, 3, 2. III, 1, 97. IV, 3, 40. Mcb. II, 3, 110. Lr. IV, 6, 110. Oth. V, 1, 107 (Qq stir). V, 2, 188. Cymb. III, 4, 5. With “on:” Lucr. 1448. Wint. V, 2, 13. R3 III, 7, 26 (Qq gazed). Caes. II, 1, 242. “in her sad face he --s,” Lucr. 1591. With an accus. expressing the effect: “I will s. him out of his wits,” Wiv. II, 2, 291.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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