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| Starch |
| [AS.
stearc stark, strong, rough. See Stark.] |
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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.
Fig.: A stiff, formal manner;
formality.
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| Starch |
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