"clearstarch" meaning in All languages combined

{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "clear",
        "3": "starch"
      },
      "expansion": "clear + starch",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From clear + starch.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "clearstarches",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clearstarching",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clearstarched",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clearstarched",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "clearstarch (third-person singular simple present clearstarches, present participle clearstarching, simple past and past participle clearstarched)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "clearstarcher"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to clearstarch muslin",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Had always said and believed that Pickwick would marry Mrs. Bardell; knew that Mrs. Bardell's being engaged to Pickwick was the current topic of conversation in the neighbourhood, after the fainting in July; had been told it herself by Mrs. Mudberry which kept a mangle, and Mrs. Bunkin which clearstarched, but did not see either Mrs. Mudberry or Mrs. Bunkin in court.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands."
      ],
      "id": "en-clearstarch-en-verb-o-s6PK13",
      "links": [
        [
          "stiffen",
          "stiffen"
        ],
        [
          "starch",
          "starch"
        ],
        [
          "clear",
          "clear"
        ],
        [
          "clap",
          "clap"
        ],
        [
          "hand",
          "hand"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, archaic) To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "clearstarch"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "clearstarcher"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "clear",
        "3": "starch"
      },
      "expansion": "clear + starch",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From clear + starch.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "clearstarches",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clearstarching",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clearstarched",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clearstarched",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "clearstarch (third-person singular simple present clearstarches, present participle clearstarching, simple past and past participle clearstarched)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English compound terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to clearstarch muslin",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Had always said and believed that Pickwick would marry Mrs. Bardell; knew that Mrs. Bardell's being engaged to Pickwick was the current topic of conversation in the neighbourhood, after the fainting in July; had been told it herself by Mrs. Mudberry which kept a mangle, and Mrs. Bunkin which clearstarched, but did not see either Mrs. Mudberry or Mrs. Bunkin in court.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands."
      ],
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        [
          "stiffen",
          "stiffen"
        ],
        [
          "starch",
          "starch"
        ],
        [
          "clear",
          "clear"
        ],
        [
          "clap",
          "clap"
        ],
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          "hand",
          "hand"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, archaic) To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands."
      ],
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        "archaic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "clearstarch"
}