Arrow-root
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative spelling of arrowroot. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
"In Jane’s eyes she had been a rival; and well might any thing she could offer of assistance or regard be repulsed. An airing in the Hartfield carriage would have been the rack, and arrow-root from the Hartfield store-room must have been poison."
Example
More examples"In Jane’s eyes she had been a rival; and well might any thing she could offer of assistance or regard be repulsed. An airing in the Hartfield carriage would have been the rack, and arrow-root from the Hartfield store-room must have been poison."
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