Star"throat` (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any humming bird of the genus Heliomaster.
The feathers of the throat have a brilliant metallic luster.
Start"ing (?), a. & n. from Start, v.
Starting bar (Steam Eng.), a hand lever for working the values in
starting an engine. -- Starting hole, a loophole; evasion. [Obs.] --
Starting point, the point from which motion begins, or from which
anything starts. -- Starting post, a post, stake, barrier, or place
from which competitors in a race start, or begin the race.
Start"ing*ly, adv. By sudden fits or starts; spasmodically. Shak.
Start"ish, a. Apt to start; skittish; shy; -- said especially of a
horse. [Colloq.]
Star"tle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Startled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Startling (?).] [Freq. of start.] To move suddenly, or be excited, on
feeling alarm; to start.
Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction?
Addison.
Star"tle (?), 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 angels do sometimes assume bodies
need not startle us.
Locke.