starecat

A contemptuous appellation for a woman who is always gazing at or prying into her neighbor's affairs. *stär-eē, subst. [Eng. star(e); -ee.] A person starçhed, a. [Eng.starch; -ed.] IMG:content-0201.png:[blocks in formation] starch-ěd-ne , subst . [Eng. starched; -ne .] The quality or state of being starched; stiffne in manners; formality, precisene . "Chancing to smile at the moor's deportment, as not answering to the starchedne of his own nation."-L. Add is on: West Barbary, p. 105. starch'-ēr, subst. [Eng. starch; -er.] One who starches; one whose occupation is to starch linen, . "The taylors, starchers , semsters." Marston: Com. of What You Will . starch-lý, adv . [Eng. starch, a.; -ly.] In a starch, stiff, or formal manner; stiffly, primly, precisely. "I might, with good patience enough, talk starchly ."_ Swift : Letter in Sheridan's Life (1704). *starch-ne , s. [Eng.starch, a.; -ne .] Stiffne , starchedne , precisene .