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Starboard
v. t.
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To put to the right, or starboard, side of a vessel; as, to starboard the helm.
Starblowlines
n. pl.
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The men in the starboard watch.
Starch
a.
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Stiff; precise; rigid.
Starch
n.
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A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc.
Starch
n.
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Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality.
Starched
imp. & p. p.
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of Starch
Starching
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Starch
Starch
v. t.
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To stiffen with starch.
Star-chamber
n.
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An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed on mere rumor or examine witnesses; it could apply torture. It was abolished by the Long Parliament in 1641.
Starched
a.
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Stiffened with starch.
Starched
a.
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Stiff; precise; formal.
Starchedness
n.
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The quality or state of being starched; stiffness in manners; formality.
Starcher
n.
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One who starches.
Starchly
adv.
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In a starched or starch manner.
Starchness
n.
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Of or pertaining to starched or starch; stiffness of manner; preciseness.
Starchwort
n.
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The cuckoopint, the tubers of which yield a fine quality of starch.
Starchy
a.
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Consisting of starch; resembling starch; stiff; precise.
Starcraft
n.
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Astrology.
Star-crossed
a.
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Not favored by the stars; ill-fated.
Stare
n.
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The starling.
stared
imp. & p. p.
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of Stare
staring
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Stare
Stare
v. i.
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To look with fixed eyes wide open, as through fear, wonder, surprise, impudence, etc.; to fasten an earnest and prolonged gaze on some object.
Stare
v. i.
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To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, color, or brilliancy; as, staring windows or colors.
Stare
v. i.
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To stand out; to project; to bristle.
Stare
v. t.
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To look earnestly at; to gaze at.
Stare
n.
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The act of staring; a fixed look with eyes wide open.
Starer
n.
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One who stares, or gazes.
Starf
imp.
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Starved.
Starfish
n.
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Any one of numerous species of echinoderms belonging to the class Asterioidea, in which the body is star-shaped and usually has five rays, though the number of rays varies from five to forty or more. The rays are often long, but are sometimes so short as to appear only as angles to the disklike body. Called also sea star, five-finger, and stellerid.