(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:23:43

Start"-up` (?), n.

1.

One who comes suddenly into notice; an upstart.

[Obs.]

Shak.

2.

A kind of high rustic shoe.

[Obs.]

Drayton.

A startuppe, or clownish shoe. Spenser.

 

© Webster 1913.

Start"-up`, a.

Upstart.

[R.]

Walpole.

 

© Webster 1913.

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