That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.
The initial portion of some extended thing.
That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.
Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.
A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool. A tine.
The penis.
A branch; a fork.
To pierce or poke with, or as if with, a prong.