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are starching

  • present progressive
    of starch.
    starch
    noun
    a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 1 0 O5 ) n , occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods.

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Some girls are starching, and others are sending baskets down on the elevator for girls below to hang in the drying-room.

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