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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 263, 5 November 1932, Page 7

The expression "lukewarm," as applied to water, means "warm-warm"! "Luke" comes from an old word 'lew," which once was used to mean warm. As the old language fell into disuse, we kept the word, but added an explanation or translation, warm. Later still, when people forgot how "lukewarm" originated, they imagined that "luke" must refer to a special kind of warmth. So the "tepid" meaning evolved.

The practice of starring, wihch came into fashion in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, was invented by a Spanish woman about the middle of the fifteenth century. She wished to hide a blemish on her neck. According to one historian, a woman who gained notoriety by inventing a recipe for yellow starch was "afterwards hanged at Tyburn for another crime." In those days starch was made from wheat, flour, and bran or other grains, and in all colours.

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