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starching, vbl. n.|ˈstɑːtʃɪŋ|
[f. starch v. + -ing1.]
1. The action of the verb starch.
1390–1Norwich Sacrist's Roll (MS.), Vestiarium. Pro Coole pro starchyng, viij d. 1444Compota Domest. (Abbotsf. Club) 23 Furfur..Liberantur lotrici de camera pro sterchyng velaminum domine et generosarum suarum hoc anno..j quarterium. 1529–30Rec. St. Mary at Hill (1905) 350 Paid for wasshyng & Starchyng of þe pix clothe ij d. 1671Dryden Assign. iii. i, A Waiting-woman..with mighty Golls, rough-Grain'd, and red with Starching. 1837Whittock Bk. Trades (1842) 32 (Bleacher) The next process is ‘starching and bluing’. 1893Laundry Management ix. 65 Starching may be done either by hand or by machine.
b. attrib.
1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. ii. 35 They haue their starching houses..the better to trimme and dresse their ruffes. 1688Holme Armoury iii. 348/1 The Weavers Starching Brush, is a long square Bristle Brush; with it he Starcheth the Yarn. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 1167 Starching and Steam⁓drying Apparatus. Ibid. 1168 C, is the cloth-beam, from which the starching roller draws forward the goods. 1875J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. III. 817/2 [Bleaching.] The starching mangle and drying-machine are seen together in fig. 10. 1893Laundry Management xviii. 152 Starching machines are virtually the same as the above [blueing machines].
†2. concr. Starch. Obs.
1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 201 The excrements being of a yellowish colour in young men (like their starching now adayes). 1775Ash, Starching,..the starch put in cloaths to make them stiff. |