Sensual men agree in the pursuit of every pleasure they can start.
Sir W. Temple.
3. 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.
I was engaged in conversation upon a subject which the people love
to start in discourse.
Addison.
4. 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.
One, by a fall in wrestling, started the end of the clavicle from
the sternum.
Wiseman.
5. [Perh. from D. storten, which has this meaning also.] (Naut.) To
pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, to start a water
cask.
Start, n. 1. 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.
The fright awakened Arcite with a start.
Dryden.