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Starch
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(1):
(n.) Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality.
(2):
(v. t.) To stiffen with starch.
(3):
(n.) A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc.
(4):
(a.) Stiff; precise; rigid.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Starch'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/starch.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Starch'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/starch.html. 1828.