Starter
Start″er (–ẽr), n. 1. One who, or that which, starts; as, a starter on a journey; the starter of a race.2. A dog that rouses game.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Startful
Start″ful (–fụl), a. Apt to start; skittish.
Startfulness
Start″ful‐ness, n. Aptness to start.
Starthroat
Star″throat′ (stär″thrōt′), n.(Zoöl.) Any humming bird of the genus Heliomaster. The feathers of the throat have a brilliant metallic luster.
Starting
Start″ing (stärt″ĭng), a. & n. from Start, v.Starting bar(Steam Eng.), a hand lever for working the valves in starting an engine. — Starting hole, a loophole; evasion. — Startin...
Startingly
Start″ing‐ly, adv. By sudden fits or starts; spasmodically. Shak.
Startish
Start″ish, a. Apt to start; skittish; shy; — said especially of a horse.
Startle
Star″tle (stär″t'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Startled (–t'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.Startling (–tlĭng).] [Freq. of start.] To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.Why s...
Startle (2)
Star″tle (stär″t'l), v. t. 1. To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to surprise.The supposition, at least, that...
Startle (3)
Star″tle, n. A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm, surprise, or apprehension of danger.After having recovered from my first startle, I was very well pleased wi...
Startlingly
Star″tling‐ly (–tlĭng‐ly̆), adv. In a startling manner.
Startlish
Star″tlish (–tlĭsh), a. Easily startled; apt to start; startish; skittish; — said especially of a horse.
Starvation
Star‐va″tion (stär‐vā″shŭn), n. The act of starving, or the state of being starved.☞ This word was first used, according to Horace Walpole, by Henry Dundas, the first Lord Melvi...
Starve
Starve (stärv), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Starved (stärvd); p. pr. & vb. n.Starving.] [OE. sterven to die, AS. steorfan; akin to D. sterven, G. sterben, OHG. sterban, Icel. starf labor...
Starve (2)
Starve, v. t. 1. To destroy with cold.From beds of raging fire, to starve in iceTheir soft ethereal warmth. Milton.2. To kill with hunger; as, maliciously to starve a man is, in...
Starvedly
Starv″ed‐ly (stärv″ĕd‐ly̆), adv. In the condition of one starved or starving; parsimoniously.Some boasting housekeeper which keepth open doors for one day,... and lives starvedl...
Starveling
Starve″ling (–lĭng), n. [Starve + -ling.] One who, or that which, pines from lack of food, or nutriment.Old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling. Shak.
Starveling (2)
Starve″ling, a. Hungry; lean; pining with want.
Starwort
Star″wort′ (stär″wûrt′), n.(Bot.) (a) Any plant of the genus Aster. See Aster. (b) A small plant of the genus Stellaria, having star-shaped flowers; star flower; chickweed. Gray...
Stasimon
‖Stas″i‐mon (stăs″ĭ‐mŏn), n.; pl.Stasima (–mȧ). [NL., from Gr. στάσιμον, neut. of στάσιμοσ stationary, steadfast.] In the Greek tragedy, a song of the chorus, continued without ...
Stasis
‖Sta″sis (stā″sĭs or stăs″ĭs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. στάσισ a standing still.] (Physiol.) A slackening or arrest of the blood current in the vessels, due not to a lessening of the he...
Statable
Stat″a‐ble (stāt″ȧ‐b'l), a. That can be stated; as, a statable grievance; the question at issue is statable.
Statal
Sta″tal (stā″tal), a. Of, pertaining to, or existing with reference to, a State of the American Union, as distinguished from the general government.I have no knowledge of any ot...
Statant
Sta″tant (–tant), a. [L. stare to stand.] (Her.) In a standing position; as, a lion statant.
Statarian
Sta‐ta″ri‐an (stȧ‐tā″rĭ‐an), a. Fixed; settled; steady; statary.
Statarianly
Sta‐ta″ri‐an‐ly, adv. Fixedly; steadily.
Statary
Sta″ta‐ry (stā″tȧ‐ry̆), a. [L. statarius standing fast, fr. stare to stand.] Fixed; settled. “The set and statary times of paring of nails and cutting of hair.” Sir T. Browne.