Starch

stärch, n. the pure fecula or white farinaceous matter of vegetables, yielding a translucent jelly used for stiffening clothes in the laundry: stiffne , formality.— adj. stiff, rigid, formal.— adj. Starched , stiffened with starch: formal.— adv. Starch′edly .— ns. Starch′edne ; Starch′er ; Starch′-hy′acinth , a plant allied to the hyacinth, so called from the smell of the flower.— adv. Starch′ily , in a starch or stiff manner: formally.— ns. Starch′ine , the state or quality of being starchy: stiffne of manner: formality; Starch′-su′gar , glucose.— adj. Starch′y , consisting of, or like, starch: stiff: precise. [A special use of adj. stark ; cf. Ger. stärke , starch— stark , strong.]