Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Starting \Start"ing\,
   a. & n. from {Start}, v.

   {Starting bar} (Steam Eng.), a hand lever for working the
      values in starting an engine.

   {Starting hole}, a loophole; evasion. [Obs.]

   {Starting point}, the point from which motion begins, or from
      which anything starts.

   {Starting post}, a post, stake, barrier, or place from which
      competitors in a race start, or begin the race.

Source : WordNet®

starting
     adj 1: (especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear;
            "with eyes starting from their sockets"
     2: appropriate to the beginning or start of an event; "the
        starting point"; "hands in the starting position"

starting
     n : a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning); "he got
         his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the
         hospital"; "his starting meant that the coach thought he
         was one of their best linemen" [syn: {start}]