start

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/stɑːt/]

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1. start (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A projection or protrusion; that which pokes out.

2. start (noun) — sense 2

Definition: The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.

Example: The fall of water is 6 feet, and the radius of the curve is 8 feet, from the centre of the water-wheel to the extreme point of the start.

3. start (noun) — sense 3

Definition: The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.

Example: ... horses, a number of men who seemed to acquire strength as the necessity for it increased, applied their shoulders to the starts, or shafts of the gin, and worked it with extraordinary speed. By twelve o'clock, thirty-two[…]

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