Starchy

starch'i, adj. consisting of or like starch Stare, star, v to look at with a fixed gaze, as in horror, astonishment, . to look fixedly. — v to influence by ga/mg. —« a fixed look. [AS tat/an, from a Tent root seen in Ger. siarr, fixed, rigid; also m E. Stem.] Starfish, sl.u'fish, «. a marine animal usually in the lot ni of five rayed star. Star-gazer, st.ir'-ga/ er, n. one who gazes at the stars, an astrologer an astronomer. Stark, sl.uk, adj stiff, gro , absolute; entire. — adv. absolutely completely adv. Starkly. [AS. stem hard, strong, cog with Ice, strrk-r, Ger. stmk Doublet Starch Starling, Marling, n a bird about the M/e of the blickbird anh a ring of piles supposing the pier of a bridge. (Formed n dun. from the ohs state — \.S. stat cog. with Ger. staar, L. stut -nils, p\ar Starred, ud adj adorned or studded with stars. Starry, sun, adj abounding or adorned with stars consisting of or proceeding from the stars like or shilling like the stars — Starr'lneSS. start, start, to move suddenly aside to wince: to ih vrite to begin. -: to cause to move suddenly to disturb suddenly, to rouse suddenly fiom onceahnent to set in motion to call forth to invent or discover: to move suddenly from its place: to loo.ui: to empty to pour out. v a sudden movement a sudden motion of the body a sudden rousing to action an unexpected movement a wily a sudden a quick spring the first motion from a point or place the outset [loo sterta closely akin to Dm. and Low Ger starter to plunge, Ger. strirzen, Startle, sturt'l, v to start or move suddenly to feel sudden alarm. v.t in excite suddenly to shock to frighten. n. sudden alarm or surprise. [Extension of Start.] Starvation. st.tr-v.Vshun, n act of starving: state of being starved Starve, Sturv, v to the of hunger or cold to suffer extreme hunger or want to be tn want of anything nece ary, —v.t. to kill with hunger or cold destroy by want to deprive of power. [A.S steorfinn, cog. with Dut. sterven, Ger. sterhen to die, ong. proh. ‘to work one’s self to death,' the Ice. starfi, work, pains, arid starfia, to work, to take pains, being from the same root