Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hand-lever for moving the valves in starting a steam-engine.
- noun Same as
gee-throw .
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Examples
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The Engineer at the starting-bar revolves the turret.
Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. 1866. Fourth edition. United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance
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And again, I had tried to switch with an old hook-motion in the night and forgot to take out the starting-bar, and she threw it at me, knocking out some teeth; and taking it altogether, I was a changed man.
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The other man, with a long score to pay the walking boss, seized the iron starting-bar, and descended.
Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life Stewart Edward White 1909
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As he mounted the locomotive, and especially as he pulled the starting-bar, all other functions seemed insignificant.
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