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To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to shove. [Obs. or Prov.Eng.] Ash.

e horses of the army . . . were no longer shy, but would come up to my very feet without starting. Swift.

To start aside; to shy, as a horse. [Prov. Eng.]

An upstart. [Obs.] Ford.

A machine the operation of which is started by dropping a coin into a slot, for delivering small articles of merchandise, showing one's weight, exhibiting pictures, throwing dice, etc.

Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish. The taunting address of a snappish missanthrope. Jeffrey. -- Snap"pish*ly, adv. -- Snap"pish*ness, n.

A tart dialogue with quick replies. [R.] Pope.

son who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable, than he really is; a vulgar upstart; one who apes his superiors. Thackeray. Essentially vulgar, a snob. -- a gilded snob, but none the less a snob. R. G. White.

To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check. J. Foster.

Fehling's solution (Chem.), a standardized solution of cupric hydrate in sodium potassium tartrate, used as a means of determining the reducing power of certain sugars and sirups by the amount of red cuprous oxide thrown down. -- Heavy solution (Min.), a liquid of high density, as a solution of mercuric iodide in pota…

biscus Sabdariffa) whose acid calyxes and capsules are used in the West Indies for making tarts and acid drinks. (b) A troublesome weed (Rumex Acetosella), also called sheep sorrel. -- Salt of sorrel (Chem.), binoxalate of potassa; -- so called because obtained from the juice of Rumex Acetosella, or Rumex Axetosa. --…

as, this reproof sounds harsh; the story sounds like an invention. Good sir, why do you start, and seem to fear Things that do sound so fair Shak. To sound in or into, to tend to; to partake of the nature of; to be consonant with. [Obs., except in the phrase To sound in damages, below.] Soun[d]ing in moral virtue was…

an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart. All sour things, as vinegar, provoke appetite. Bacon.

, or phrase supposed to be endowed with magical power; an incantation; hence, any charm. Start not; her actions shall be holy as You hear my spell is lawful. Shak.

To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert. Watchful as fowlers when their game will spring. Otway.

To strike the foot forcibly downward. But starts, exclaims, and stamps, and raves, and dies. dennis.

The European redstart.

Started. Chaucer.

p. p. of Start. Chaucer.

Combined or impregnated with antimony (stibium). Stibiated tartar. See Tartar emetic, under Tartar.