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Starch
Starch
a.
Stiff
;
precise
;
rigid
.
Starch
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
.
Starch
n.
Fig
.: A
stiff
,
formal
manner
;
formality
.
Starch
v. t.
To
stiffen
with
starch
.
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