Also congie. [f. prec. sb.] trans. To starch with rice-water.
1698. Fryer, Acc. E. India, IV. vi. 201. They lay them [their Cloaths] a whitening, and after Congee or stiffen them.
1829. The Bengalee, 134. His stiff, full cravat of former days … surmounted with a well congied modern shirt collar.
