start

The Sailor's Word-Book

A long handle or tail; whence, by analogy, "start point." But sometimes applied by navigators to any point from which a departure is taken. Also, the expected place of a struck whale's rising, after having plunged or sounded.

♦ To start, applied to liquids, is to empty; but if to any weight, as the anchor, &c., implies to move.

♦ To start bread. To turn it out of bags or casks, and stow it in bulk.

♦ To start a butt-end. When a plank has loosened or sprung at the butt-end, by the ship's labouring, or other cause.

♦ To start a tack or sheet. To slack it off, as in tacking or manœuvring, "raise tacks and sheets."

The Sailor's Word-Book

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