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CLEARSTARCH

\klˈi͡əstɑːk], \klˈi‍əstɑːk], \k_l_ˈiə_s_t_ɑː_k]\

Definitions of CLEARSTARCH

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language

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

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

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

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To stiffen with starch, and then clear by clapping between the hands.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

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