start
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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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a tail, or anything projecting like a tail
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the handle, or tail, of a plow; also, any long handle
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the arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse
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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. -
To cause an engine to work.
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a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
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a signal to begin (as in a race)
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the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)
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play in the starting lineup
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the handle, or tail, of a plow; also, any long handle
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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. -
To cause an engine to work.
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