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Starchwort :: Starchness (n.) Of or pertaining to starched or starch; stiffness of manner; preciseness.

Starkness :: Starkly (adv.) In a stark manner; stiffly; strongly.

Hirsute :: Hirsute (a.) Pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs.

Erection :: Erection (n.) State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.

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

Flytrap :: Flytrap (n.) A plant (Dionaea muscipula), called also Venus's flytrap, the leaves of which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves..

Nash :: Nash (a.) Firm; stiff; hard; also, chilly..

Buckram :: Buckram (v. t.) To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff.

Rigidly :: Rigidly (v.) In a rigid manner; stiffly.

Stiffening :: Stiffening (n.) Act or process of making stiff.

Tag :: Tag (n.) A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it..

Set :: Set (v. t.) To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance..

Trussing :: Trussing (n.) The art of stiffening or bracing a set of timbers, or the like, by putting in struts, ties, etc., till it has something of the character of a truss..

Web :: Web (n.) The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers. See Feather..

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

Mastiffs :: Mastiffs (pl. ) of Mastif.

Flag :: Flag (v. i.) To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp..

Spur :: Spur (n.) Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and legs of certain burds, on the legs of insects, etc.; especially, the spine on a cock's leg..

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..

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

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