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  • Urooj.Zafarundefined Offline
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    Urooj.Zafar
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    to cause to move suddenly; to disturb suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly; as, the hounds started a fox

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      to bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent

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        #18

        to pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, to start a water cask

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          a convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort

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          • Kaiundefined Offline
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            a tail, or anything projecting like a tail

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            • Tanya Shivariundefined Offline
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              #21

              the handle, or tail, of a plow; also, any long handle

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              • Gembakrofeundefined Offline
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                Gembakrofe
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                #22

                the arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse

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                • Emorynaseapsundefined Offline
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                  #23

                  A long handle or tail; whence, by analogy, start point. But
                  sometimes applied by navigators to any point from which a departure is
                  taken. Also, the expected place of a struck whales rising, after having
                  plunged or sounded.--To start, applied to liquids, is to empty; but if
                  to any weight, as the anchor, c., implies to move.--To start bread.
                  To turn it out of bags or casks, and stow it in bulk.--To start a
                  butt-end. When a plank has loosened or sprung at the butt-end, by the
                  ships labouring, or other cause.--To start a tack or sheet. To slack
                  it off, as in tacking or manœuvring, raise tacks and sheets.

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                    Ernesto
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                    #24

                    To cause an engine to work.

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                    • inetryconydotundefined Offline
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                      a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game

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                        #26

                        a signal to begin (as in a race)

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                          Gornwexy 0
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                          the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)

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                            Gembakrofe
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                            #28

                            play in the starting lineup

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                              #29

                              the handle, or tail, of a plow; also, any long handle

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                                #30

                                the curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel bucket

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                                  A long handle or tail; whence, by analogy, start point. But
                                  sometimes applied by navigators to any point from which a departure is
                                  taken. Also, the expected place of a struck whales rising, after having
                                  plunged or sounded.--To start, applied to liquids, is to empty; but if
                                  to any weight, as the anchor, c., implies to move.--To start bread.
                                  To turn it out of bags or casks, and stow it in bulk.--To start a
                                  butt-end. When a plank has loosened or sprung at the butt-end, by the
                                  ships labouring, or other cause.--To start a tack or sheet. To slack
                                  it off, as in tacking or manœuvring, raise tacks and sheets.

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                                    Magaret
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                                    To cause an engine to work.

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