单词 | starch liquid |
释义 | > as lemmasstarch liquid b. attributive. With reference to various physical forms or preparations of starch (see sense 1a), as starch liquid, starch powder, etc. See also starch flour n., starch glaze n., starch mucilage n., etc., at Compounds 3. ΚΠ 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxii. xxv. 140 As touching Amylum or starch pouder, it dimmeth the eyesight. 1766 T. Cooper Compend. Midwifery iii. vi. 242 Common Excoriations of the Head or other Parts..will be easily cured by washing with cold Water, and drying them well with a little good Starch-Powder. 1819 A. Schlichtegroll tr. A. Senefelder Compl. Course Lithography 337 Starch-paste, or gum mixed with coarse starch, or fine flour, and with the necessary colour, suits extremely well for all sorts of printing in the tapestry manner. 1835 London Med. Gaz. 31 Oct. 135/2 If you..immerse this tube in water..containing some starch..and connect..the starch liquid with the positive electrode. 1920 Times of India 11 June (Indian Engin. Suppl.) 3 Tallow counteracts the harshness of the yarn produced by dry starch paste. 1978 Burnet County (Texas) Bull. 25 May a4/6 I won't try to stop them from gorging themselves on starch mush. 2002 A. Shaw Portable Ireland 461 Squeeze [the grated potatoes] over a bowl to extract as much of the starch liquid as possible. 2013 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 21 Mar. f10/6 In a laboratory setting, he would have used specialized conservation materials like starch paste..to keep the paint in place. < as lemmas |
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