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English Dictionary: starting	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
starting adj (especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear; "with eyes starting from their sockets" appropriate to the beginning or start of an event; "the starting point"; "hands in the starting position" n a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning); "he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital"; "his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen" Synonym(s): start, starting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Start \Start\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {started}; p. pr. & vb. n. {starting}.] [OE. sterten; akin to D. storten 8hurl, rush, fall, G. st[81]rzen, OHG. sturzen to turn over, to fall, Sw. st[94]ra to cast down, to fall, Dan. styrte, and probably also to E. start a tail; the original sense being, perhaps, to show the tail, to tumble over suddenly. [fb]166. Cf. {Start} a tail.] 1. To leap; to jump. [Obs.] 2. To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act. And maketh him out of his sleep to start. --Chaucer. I start as from some dreadful dream. --Dryden. Keep your soul to the work when ready to start aside. --I. Watts. But if he start, It is the flesh of a corrupted heart. --Shak. 3. To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start business. At once they start, advancing in a line. --Dryden. At intervals some bird from out the brakes Starts into voice a moment, then is still. --Byron. 4. To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure. {To start after}, to set out after; to follow; to pursue. {To start against}, to act as a rival candidate against. {To start for}, to be a candidate for, as an office. {To start up}, to rise suddenly, as from a seat or couch; to come suddenly into notice or importance.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Starting \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.