2. Stiff; precise; formal. Swift.

Starch"ed*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being starched;

stiffness in manners; formality.

Starch"er (?), n. One who starches.

Starch"ly, adv. In a starched or starch manner.

Starch"ness, n. Of or pertaining to starched or starch; stiffness of

manner; preciseness.

Starch"wort` (?), n. (Bot.) The cuckoopint, the tubers of which yield a

fine quality of starch.

Starch"y (?), a. Consisting of starch; resembling starch; stiff;

precise.

Star"craft (?), n. Astrology. [R.] Tennyson.

Star"-crossed` (?), a. Not favored by the stars; ill-fated. [Poetic]

Shak.

Such in my star-crossed destiny.

Massinger.

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