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The beginning, as of a journey or a course of action; first motion from a place; act of setting out; the outset; -- opposed to finish. The start of first performance is all. Bacon. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. Shak. At a start, at once; in an instant. [Obs.] At a start he was…

Not improving or getting worse; not growing wiser, greater, better, more excellent, or the contrary.

ment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him fall to the length of the rope, by which means a limb was often dislocated. Shak.

An instrument for whetting scythes; a rifle.

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquiring knowledge. Hammond . . . spent thirteen hours of the day in study. Bp. Fell. Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace. Sir W. Temple.

The setting of the sun; sunset. "When sundown skirts the moor." Tennyson.

The act of superseding, or setting aside; supersession; as, the supersedure of trial by jury. A. Hamilton.

The act or process of getting in a surreptitious manner, or by craft or stealth. Fame by surreption got May stead us for the time, but lasteth not. B. Jonson.

Four privileged cards, formerly used in betting at the game of whist. [Written also swabber.] Swift.

Typesetting of tabular nmatter, or the type matter set in tabular form.

A forming into tables; a setting down in order.

To fasten or attach. "In hopes of getting some commendam tacked to their sees." Swift. And tacks the center to the sphere. Herbert.

ndon, established in 1766 by Richard Tattersall, also used as the headquarters of credit betting on English horse races; hence, a large horse market elsewhere.

The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.

A picture (as of a slice of wood) obtained by first wetting the object slightly with hydrochloric or dilute sulphuric acid, then taking an impression with a press, and next strongly heating this impression.

ting crab, the whole supported by a carriage mounted on track rails. It is used esp. for setting heavy masonry blocks for piers, breakwaters, etc.

A top railing supported by stanchions and equipped with netting.

g, operating, or otherwise making use of, torpedoes against an enemy's ship. -- Torpedo nettings, nettings made of chains or bars, which can be suspended around a vessel and allowed to sink beneath the surface of the water, as a protection against torpedoes.

which are in course of training, to get information about their capabilities, for use in betting. [Cant. Eng.]

royal yard, used to trip the yard, and in lowering it to the deck; also, a line used in letting go the anchor. Luce.