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Unbending :: Unbending (a.) Not bending; not suffering flexure; not yielding to pressure; stiff; -- applied to material things.

Stiffened :: Stiff-backed (a.) Obstinate.

Rigidity :: Rigidity (n.) Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.

Barbellate :: Barbellate (a.) Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point..

Formal :: Formal (a.) Devoted to, or done in accordance with, forms or rules; punctilious; regular; orderly; methodical; of a prescribed form; exact; prim; stiff; ceremonious; as, a man formal in his dress, his gait, his conversation..

Starkly :: Stark (v. t.) To stiffen.

Sturdy :: Sturdy (superl.) Stiff; stout; strong; as, a sturdy oak..

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

Millinet :: Millinet (n.) A stiff cotton fabric used by milliners for lining bonnets.

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

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.

Pier :: Pier (n.) Any additional or auxiliary mass of masonry used to stiffen a wall. See Buttress.

Clearstarch :: Clearstarch (v. t.) To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands; as, to clearstarch muslin..

Piculet :: Piculet (n.) Any species of very small woodpeckers of the genus Picumnus and allied genera. Their tail feathers are not stiff and sharp at the tips, as in ordinary woodpeckers..

Scotchman :: Scotchman (n.) A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear.

Pricky :: Pricky (a.) Stiff and sharp; prickly.

Pise :: Pise (n.) A species of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in between molds which are carried up as the wall rises; -- called also pise work.

Stay :: Stay (n.) A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men..

Corny :: Corny (a.) Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn..

Rigor :: Rigor (n.) Rigidity; stiffness.

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