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Truss :: Truss (n.) To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces..

Stiffen :: Stiffen (v. t.) To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste..

Bent :: Bent (n.) A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass..

Pandiculation :: Pandiculation (n.) A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy..

Stiff-backed :: Stiff (superl.) Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price..

Cledgy :: Cledgy (a.) Stiff, stubborn, clayey, or tenacious; as, a cledgy soil..

Staffmen :: Staffish (a.) Stiff; harsh.

Ankylosis :: Ankylosis (n.) Stiffness or fixation of a joint; formation of a stiff joint.

Angular :: Angular (a.) Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular female..

Costiveness :: Costiveness (n.) Inability to express one's self; stiffness.

Starched :: Starch (n.) Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality..

Anchylose :: Anchylose (v. t. & i.) To affect or be affected with anchylosis; to unite or consolidate so as to make a stiff joint; to grow together into one.

Setaceous :: Setaceous (a.) Set with, or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a stiff, setaceous tail..

Tentaculum :: Tentaculum (n.) One of the stiff hairs situated about the mouth, or on the face, of many animals, and supposed to be tactile organs; a tactile hair..

Hispid :: Hispid (a.) Beset with stiff hairs or bristles.

Strigous :: Strigose (a.) Set with stiff, straight bristles; hispid; as, a strigose leaf..

Gusset :: Gusset (n.) A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; esp., the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler..

Dwang :: Dwang (n.) A piece of wood set between two studs, posts, etc., to stiffen and support them..

Backsaw :: Backsaw (n.) A saw (as a tenon saw) whose blade is stiffened by an added metallic back.

Stiffen :: Stiffen (v. t.) To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch..

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