a. Obs. [f. START sb.1 + -ED2.] Having a ‘start,’ handle or stalk. Also in parasynthetic formation short-started.
1468. Will, in Ripon Chapter Acts (Surtees), 137. Unam ollam enniam sterttydd.
1600. Surflet, Country Farm, I. xii. 56. To eate one or two short started apples.
