Starched

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Starch \Starch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Starched} (st[aum]rcht);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Starching}.]
     To stiffen with starch.
     [1913 Webster] Star chamber

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Starched \Starched\ (st[aum]rcht), a.
     1. Stiffened with starch.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Stiff; precise; formal. --Swift.
        [1913 Webster]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "starched":
     buckram, firm, in buckram, pokerlike, prim, ramrodlike, renitent,
     rigid, rodlike, starch, starchy, stiff, stiff as buckram, stilted,
     taut, tense, tight, unrelaxed, virgate