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is starching

  • present progressive
    of starch (3rd person singular).
    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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How is she now? xxxi Jenny is starching, starching, starching, Jenny is starching, you can't see her now.

From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco