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Webster 1913 Edition

Start-up

Start′-upˊ

(stärt′ŭpˊ)

,

Noun.

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.

Start′-upˊ

,

Adj.

Upstart.

[R.]

Walpole.