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Handicap :: Handicap (n.) An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing superior advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success; as, the handicap was five seconds, or ten pounds, and the like..

Kinding :: Kinding (n.) Materials, easily lighted, for starting a fire..

Start :: Start (n.) The act of starting; a sudden spring, leap, or motion, caused by surprise, fear, pain, or the like; any sudden motion, or beginning of motion..

Startingly :: Starting () a. & n. from Start, v..

Start :: starting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Star.

Bolting :: Bolting (n.) A darting away; a starting off or aside.

Sailing :: Sailing (n.) The act of one who, or that which, sails; the motion of a vessel on water, impelled by wind or steam; the act of starting on a voyage..

Dodge :: Dodge (v. t.) To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown..

High :: High (superl.) Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as, a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high..

Mahovo :: Mahovo (n.) A device for saving power in stopping and starting a railroad car, by means of a heavy fly wheel..

Erysipelas :: Erysipelas (n.) St. Anthony's fire; a febrile disease accompanied with a diffused inflammation of the skin, which, starting usually from a single point, spreads gradually over its surface. It is usually regarded as contagious, and often occurs epidemically..

Hinder :: Hinder (a.) To keep back or behind; to prevent from starting or moving forward; to check; to retard; to obstruct; to bring to a full stop; -- often followed by from; as, an accident hindered the coach; drought hinders the growth of plants; to hinder me from going..

Quirk :: Quirk (n.) A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger..

Brachystochrone :: Brachystochrone (n.) A curve, in which a body, starting from a given point, and descending solely by the force of gravity, will reach another given point in a shorter time than it could by any other path. This curve of quickest descent, as it is sometimes called, is, in a vacuum, the same as the cycloid..

Startish :: Startingly (adv.) By sudden fits or starts; spasmodically.

Amplitude :: Amplitude (n.) The extent of a movement measured from the starting point or position of equilibrium; -- applied especially to vibratory movements.

Base :: Base (n.) The point or line from which a start is made; a starting place or a goal in various games.

New :: New (superl.) Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now commencing; different from has been; as, a new year; a new course or direction..

Cocker :: Cocker (n.) A small dog of the spaniel kind, used for starting up woodcocks, etc..

Dodge :: Dodge (n.) The act of evading by some skillful movement; a sudden starting aside; hence, an artful device to evade, deceive, or cheat; a cunning trick; an artifice..

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