SPage 746
- English Word Starry Definition Abounding with stars; adorned with stars.
- English Word Starry Definition Consisting of, or proceeding from, the stars; stellar; stellary; as, starry light; starry flame.
- English Word Starry Definition Shining like stars; sparkling; as, starry eyes.
- English Word Starry Definition Arranged in rays like those of a star; stellate.
- English Word Starshine Definition The light of the stars.
- English Word Starshoot Definition See Nostoc.
- English Word Starstone Definition Asteriated sapphire.
- English Word Start Definition To leap; to jump.
- English Word Start Definition To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act.
- English Word Start Definition To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start business.
- English Word Start Definition To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure.
- English Word Start Definition 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.
- English Word Start Definition To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent.
- English Word Start Definition To cause to move or act; to set going, running, or flowing; as, to start a railway train; to start a mill; to start a stream of water; to start a rumor; to start a business.
- English Word Start Definition To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate; as, to start a bone; the storm started the bolts in the vessel.
- English Word Start Definition To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, to start a water cask.
- English Word Start Definition The act of starting; a sudden spring, leap, or motion, caused by surprise, fear, pain, or the like; any sudden motion, or beginning of motion.
- English Word Start Definition A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort.
- English Word Start Definition A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy.
- English Word Start Definition The beginning, as of a journey or a course of action; first motion from a place; act of setting out; the outset; -- opposed to finish.