outstart
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"The Arctics hawk-up their haunted heart, and raucous, spue; and north-winds, wawling calls, outstart, to droop anew; the clouds like scouts updart, depart, and truceless do, and droop anew."
From The Lord of the Sea by M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel
A man who has occupied this position without interruption during three administrations would be a failure at the very outstart if he resorted to devious conduct or political duplicity.
From The Progressive Democracy of James M. Cox by Charles E. Morris
Many young men become discouraged at the very outstart by attempting to read and study books that are far beyond their comprehension.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?
Its people embraced the revolutionary cause at the outstart, and furnished some companies of foot to the Confederate service, as well as a mounted company known as the "Black Horse Cavalry."
From Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by George Alfred Townsend
The advocates of women in dentistry were met at the outstart with the health question, and as it had never been tested, the most favorably inclined looked forward with some anxiety to the result.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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