The Collaborative International Dictionary
Starching
Starch \Starch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Starched (st[aum]rcht); p. pr. & vb. n. Starching.] To stiffen with starch.
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starching
vb. (present participle of starch English)
Usage examples of "starching".
I was starching clothes in the washing kitchen so I did not hear them.
Petway remarked to Miss Charles that now that he'd reached the age of thirty, he was going to start starching the collars of his Hawaiian shirts.