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Word of the Day: Catachrestical

Clear-starch [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To stiffen and clear with starch, and by clapping with the hands; as, to clear-starch muslin.

Clear-starcher [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who clear-starches.

Clear-starching [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The act of stiffening and clearing with starch.

Clear-starching [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Stiffening and clearing with starch.