[A prep.1 + START.] With a start, suddenly.
1721. Wodrow, Corr. (1843), II. 582. The Commissioner came out a start to the Assembly.
1880. Swinburne, Thalassius, 372. His heart, As out of sleep suddenly struck astart, Danced.
[A prep.1 + START.] With a start, suddenly.
1721. Wodrow, Corr. (1843), II. 582. The Commissioner came out a start to the Assembly.
1880. Swinburne, Thalassius, 372. His heart, As out of sleep suddenly struck astart, Danced.