'Start-up' definitions:

Definition of 'Start-up'

From: GCIDE
  • Start-up \Start"-up`\ (st[aum]rt"[u^]p`), n.
  • 1. One who comes suddenly into notice; an upstart. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A kind of high rustic shoe. [Obs.] --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
  • A startuppe, or clownish shoe. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Start-up'

From: GCIDE
  • Start-up \Start"-up`\, a. Upstart. [R.] --Walpole. [1913 Webster]