| 单词 | clear-starch | 
| 释义 | clear-starchv.  To stiffen and dress linen with clear or colourless starch. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > wash clothes			[verb (transitive)]		 > starch starch1390 conjee1698 clear-starch1709 1709    R. Steele Tatler No. 37. ⁋8  				If the said Servant can Clear-Starch, Lisp and Tread softly. 1712    R. Steele Spectator No. 264. ⁋2  				A Taylor's Widow, who washes and can clear-starch his Bands. 1898    A. Nicholas Idyl of Wabash 6  				I'd like to clear starch 'em all once. Derivatives  (often figurative).   ˈclear-starched adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > 			[adjective]		 > starched starched1586 yellow1587 clear-starched1774 starchy1844 1774    West. Mag. 2 9  				Their stiff, clear-starch'd virtue won't get a cull. 1824    M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 224  				A fine plain clear-starched caul.   ˈclear-starching  n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > 			[noun]		 > starching starching1390 clear-starching1728 1728    H. Fielding Love in Several Masques  iii. vii. 34  				We teach our Daughters..that good old English Art of Clear-Starching, instead of that Heathenish Gambol, called Dancing. 1865    Cornhill Mag. Oct. 411  				To find some one to teach clear-starching at your school.   ˈclear-starcher  n. a person who clear-starches, esp. as a vocation. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > 			[noun]		 > starching > starcher starcher?1518 starch wench1626 clear-starcher1709 1709    R. Steele Tatler No. 118. ⁋8  				Your Petitioner was bred a Clear-starcher and Sempstress. 1855    E. C. Gaskell North & South I. ix. 112  				I'm getting to be a famous clear-starcher. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < | 
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