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a.
Stiffened with starch.
n.
A fleshy, rounded stem or root, usually containing starchy matter, as the potato or arrowroot; a thickened root-stock. See Illust. of Tuberous.
n.
A kind of starch with very large, oval, flattened grains, often sold as arrowroot, and extensively used for adulterating cocoa. It is made from the rootstocks of a species of Canna, probably C. edulis, the tubers of which are edible every month in the year.
v. t.
To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch.
n.
A substance resembling pyroxylin, obtained by the action of nitric acid on starch; -- called also nitramidin.
a.
Stiff; precise; formal.
superl.
Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style.
n.
Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Starch
n.
Of or pertaining to starched or starch; stiffness of manner; preciseness.
n.
A dry granulated starch imported from the East Indies, much used for making puddings and as an article of diet for the sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is prepared from the stems of several East Indian and Malayan palm trees, but chiefly from the Metroxylon Sagu; also from several cycadaceous plants (Cycas revoluta, Zamia integrifolia, etc.).
imp. & p. p.
of Starch
adv.
In a starched or starch manner.
n.
One who starches.
n.
Astrology.
n.
The quality or state of being starched; stiffness in manners; formality.
a.
Consisting of starch; resembling starch; stiff; precise.
v. t.
To free from starch; to make limp or pliable.
v. t.
To stiffen with starch.
n.
The cuckoopint, the tubers of which yield a fine quality of starch.
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