GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Self-starter, n. A mechanism (usually one operated by electricity, compressed air, a spring, or an explosive gas), attached to an internal-combustion engine, as on an automobile, and used as a means of starting the engine without cranking it by hand; -- called also a starter.
   Webster 1913 Suppl.
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