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.
© Webster 1913.