startupn.
/ˈstɑːtʌp/, U.S. /ˈstɑrdˌəp/ 1. Chiefly in plural.† b. A type of legging or gaiter worn to protect the legs from being spattered with mud, water, etc. Obsolete (chiefly English regional (midlands) in later use).
a. A kind of high shoe or half-boot. Cf. high-low n. 2. Now historical.In early use often regarded as a form of footwear worn predominantly by unsophisticated rural people, and consequently also worn for comic effect by clowns and actors portraying such people.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > high-low boot > types of
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1517 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 83 j par sotularium quæ dicuntur stertuppes.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 251/1 Payre of startoppes, hovssettes.
1534 N. Udall Floures for Latine Spekynge gathered oute of Terence f. 120v Accurrent serui, soccos detrahunt. My seruauntes came rounnynge to me, and poulled of my pynsons or stertuppes.
1572 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 159 viii payer of white startops of cloth of sylver.
1574 J. Baret Aluearie S 328 A high shooe of rawe leather called a stertvp, pero.
1574 Withals' Dict. 54 b In a maner all husbande men doe weare stertups.
1579 E. K. in E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Feb. Gloss. f. 7v Galage, a startuppe or clownish shoe.
1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. B2v Hob and Iohn of the countrey they stept in churlishly, in their high startvps, and gathered whole sackefuls.
1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. iii. 156 The streetes are so mirie, that you cannot walk in them without startups.
c1600 MS Harl. 3885 f. 19, in Camden Misc. (1855) III. 34 Hee..The Counterfet expreste Of Clowne, wt cote of russet hew, and sturtups wt ye reste.
1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 116 Her neat, fit, startups of green velvet bee, Flourisht with silver.
1609 P. Holland in tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. sig. d iij Socci, i. certaine light shooes or startups that Players in Comædies used.
1657 J. Rowland tr. J. Johnstone Hist. Constancy of Nature 164 They wear them [sc. pearls] upon their feet also, and that not only on the Latchets of their Pantofles, but all over their Startups.
1665 C. Cotton Scarronnides 108 Yet she made shift to stuff each start-up, And tie 'um to the rest on's wardope.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. xii. 290 This was a stupid lout,..with..his hose about his heels, and huge startups upon his feet.
1836 J. M. Sherer Broken Font I. ii. 26 Please your worship, I lost my best startups (high shoes) the day before last cattle fair.
1912 C. R. Rasmussen Dict. Footwear 65 Startups, similar to buskins but heavier.
1967 P. Cunnington & C. Lucas in P. Cunnington et al. Occup. Costume Eng. xiv. 348 Boots, if worn by workmen at all, were generally quite short—the startups of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and the highlows of mid-seventeenth century onwards.
2015 thegoodwyfe.blogspot.co.uk 13 May (O.E.D. Archive) What you want is either a pair of latchets or some long shoes (also known as startups by reenactors).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > [noun] > gaiter or legging > types of
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spatterdasher1684
spatterdash1687
spatter-lash1688
spit-boot1707
splatterdash1772
spat1802
spring gaiter1846
bootleg1875
upper1889
spatter1898
1625 W. Morrell New-Eng. 18 Each one doth modestly binde vp his shame, And Deare-skin Start-vps reach vp to the same; A kinde of Pinsen keeps their feete from cold.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iv. vii. 325/2 Star-tops or hose foulded downe belowe the knees.
1777–8 R. Wight Horæ Subsecivæ (MS Bodl. Eng. lang. d.66) 411 [Devon]Startops vel stirtups, a Kind of Button'd Buskins—Not High Shoes as Littleton represents them—But what come over the Instep, and have straps to come under the Foot between the Heel & the Toes.
1832 W. Toone Gloss. & Etymol. Dict. 421 In the midland counties, spatterdashes are still called startups.
1836 R. Furness Medicus-magus i. 20 Thor's knitted cap, suspended on a wire. And hoddin start-ups warm'd above the fire.
1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 292 Start-ups, short gaiters: long ones being styled leggings.
a1895 T. Hallam MS Coll. North-West Derbyshire Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1904) V. 735/2 [Derbyshire] Startups.
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the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [noun] > person
up-skip1549
startup1555
upstart1555
jackanapesa1575
hogen mogen1639
starter up1659
Mamamouchi1672
parvenu1787
shoneena1849
fine gentleman1928
rat fink1961
1555 W. Turner New Bk. Spirituall Physik f. 83v Proud stertvppes, or selfe made gentlemen.
1584 E. Paget tr. J. Calvin Comm. Gospel after John vii. 178 in Harmonie vpon Three Euangelists You contemne me as a base start vp: but God will testifie that I came from heauen.
c1598 King James VI & I Basilicon Doron (1944) I. ii. 117 Delyte to be seruid uith men of the noblest bloode..for besydes that thaire seruice sall breid you greate goode uill & least enuye (contraire to that of starte upps ye sall oft finde uertu follou noble racis.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing i. iii. 61 That yong start-vp hath all the glory of my ouerthrow. View more context for this quotation
a1652 R. Brome Queen & Concubine ii. i. 24 in Five New Playes (1659) His Marriage with that Start-up.
1744 tr. Livy Rom. Hist. VI. xxxvii. lvii. 68 Glabrio..said he would drop his competition, since another competitor, as much a start-up as himself, opposed him.
1783 ‘A Catholic’ All's Well that ends Well 16 His abuse of that Parliament is very low..calling them, new Men, the Descendants of Cromwell's Soldiers, and Start-ups in Office.
1834 P. Buchan Peterhead Smugglers 79 Our worthy bishops he dang down, Opprest our church and state, man, And set up start-ups of their own, By Dutchcraft and deceit, man.
1876 F. H. Moore Mistress Haselwode I. vii. 120 Know none but a startup would thus becall his betters, hold thy ribald tongue, man!
3.
a. The starting up of a series of operations, a piece of machinery, a business, etc.; the action or an act of beginning to function or operate.In quot. 1845: an opening move, an approach.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > [noun] > sudden
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > [noun] > (a) starting operation
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1845 B. Disraeli Sybil II. iv. xiii. 297 I am used to these start-ups.
1892 Pharmaceut. Rec. 14 Apr. 262/1 The date of a start-up is generally determined in the fall.
1917 Pop. Mech. May 182 (advt.) Your engine..develops increased mileage per gallon and rapid acceleration on the start-up.
1954 Trans. IRE on Nuclear Sci. 1 3/1 During startup the behavior of the reactor is similar to that of an amplifier with positive feedback.
1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 13 Jan. b5/4 Production target is late 1969 with startup to have cost more than $90-million.
1980 Daily Tel. 20 Mar. 28 (advt.) They will assume responsibility for the start-up, management, organisation, and profitability of large work sites.
2002 U.S. News & World Rep. 1 Apr. 65/2 A shutdown or start-up of the North Atlantic circulation was a key factor.
2010 R. Whitmire Why Boys Fail (2012) iii. 40 She and her husband..worked with me on the startup of USA Today.
b. Originally U.S. A business or enterprise that is in the process of starting up, or that has just been established; a startup company, venture, etc. (see sense Compounds 2).
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society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > other types of company
incorporation1530
acquisitor1668
private company?1711
private practice1724
public company1730
trading house1760
acquiror1789
in-company1791
public corporation1796
company1800
subsidiary company1823
proprietary company1824
stock-company1827
trust company1827
subsidiary1828
concessionaire1839
commandite1844
statutory company1847
parent company1854
mastership1868
state enterprise1886
Pty.1904
asset class1931
acquirer1950
parent1953
growth company1959
spin-off1959
non-profit1961
shell1964
not-for-profit1969
vehicle1971
spin-out1972
startup1975
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large-cap1982
monoline1984
small cap1984
mid-cap1988
multidomestic1989
dotcom1996
1975 Chicago Defender 20 Sept. 23/1 The many problems faced by any new start up, but most assuredly by a black financial institution.
1986 Your Business Mar. 11/3 There are the small businesses; the heroic little start-ups in their garages and garden sheds.
2001 T. McMakin Bread & Butter iv. 32 He..made the move to the coast..to work for a big accounting firm in Portland and then for a bio-tech startup.
2014 New Yorker 19 May 36/1 It's never been easier for startups to raise money.
Compounds
C1. General attributive in sense 3.
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1919 W. A. Dunkley & W. W. Odell Water-gas Operating Methods State of Illinois Geological Survey Comparative Mining Series Bull. 24 20 After the start-up period but little difficulty should be encountered in overcoming the smoke nuisance if operating conditions are normal.
1959 Wall St. Jrnl. 18 Dec. 9/1 Start-up expenses connected with new store openings have been heavy.
1971 Sacramento (Calif.) Observer 23 Sept. b9 Burrell asked that dividends be exempt from controls as such an action would work an undue hardship on small business start-up and expansion programs.
1975 P. R. F. Mathijsen Guide to European Community Law ii. iv. 87 It is proposed that modern agricultural enterprises be set up with special aids such as start-up grants, investment aid and guaranteed credits.
1988 Re: DataDesk Mac-101 Keyboard for the Mac Plus (non-ADB) & st in comp.sys.mac (Usenet newsgroup) 6 May The Mac, during start-up, didn't recognize the key. However, if I waited until the startup screen appeared to hold down the key, no problemo.
1991 Federal Reg. (U.S.) 17 June 27705/3 Pre-operating and start-up costs should include, but are not limited to, the following.
1992 CU Amiga May 149/3 Installation..involves the copying of a selection of files to your printing disk, along with modifications to both the startup-sequence and the mount-list.
2005 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 16 Feb. 35/2 Where did your start-up capital come from? I took a line of credit against the equity in our house, maxed out credit cards [etc.].
C2. spec. (originally U.S.). Designating a business or enterprise that is in the process of starting up, or that has just been established.Used esp. with reference to companies operating in a high-technology sector, typically aiming for rapid growth in a previously unexplored market and using funds obtained (often from a venture capitalist or similar source) in anticipation of a generous return on investment.
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1970 N.Y. Times 26 Apr. ix. 15/4 (advt.) If you know what start-up companies are all about and understand the long-term financial rewards, then [etc.].
1982 Newsweek (Nexis) 15 Nov. 123 [He] puts up most of the seed money..and nurtures new start-up technology companies through their first months of life.
1989 Wine Spectator 31 Aug. 15/3 Among others interested in the property were Crochad, a large start-up sparkling-wine facility here owned by Australian Brian Croser.
2001 R. Cellan-Jones Dot.bomb iii. 37 There were exceptions for biotech and mining firms, but certainly not for a start-up internet business.
2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 18 Apr. b5/1 Magazines..and marketers..have been quick to embrace Pinterest, the social media start-up firm that allows its users to share images.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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