单词 | starch-maker |
释义 | > as lemmasstarch-maker starch-maker n. ΚΠ 1586 R. Young Let. 13 Dec. in State Papers Domest. Elizabeth I (P.R.O.: SP 12/195/58) f. 103 Lettres..concerninge our proceedinges againste the Starchemakers. a1626 W. Rowley New Wonder (1632) iii. 30 My father was a Starch-maker, and my Mother a Laundresse. 1840 Mag. Sci. 6 June 80/1 The starch-makers place in large vats the wheat roughly ground. 1992 K. Sharpe Personal Rule Charles I (1995) v. 247 In 1637 proceedings in Star Chamber were instituted against the starch-makers for illegally enhancing prices. < as lemmas |
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