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was starching

  • past 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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I was at vespers!—I was washing, I was starching, I was scouring, I was quilting——God help me!

From The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

I was at vespers!—I was washing, I was starching, I was scouring, I was quilting—God help me!

From The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne