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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Start-up  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Start-up  \Start"-up`\,  a. 
  Upstart.  [R.]  --Walpole. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  startup 
  n  1:  the  act  of  setting  in  operation;  "repeated  shutdowns  and 
  startups  are  expensive" 
  2:  the  act  of  starting  a  new  operation  or  practice;  "he  opposed 
  the  inauguration  of  fluoridation";  "the  startup  of  the  new 
  factory  was  delayed  by  strikes"  [syn:  {inauguration}] 




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