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Clumsy :: Clumsy (superl.) Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse..

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

Grogginess :: Grogginess (n.) Tenderness or stiffness in the foot of a horse, which causes him to move in a hobbling manner..

Buckram :: Buckram (a.) Stiff; precise.

Benty :: Benty (a.) A bounding in bents, or the stalks of coarse, stiff, withered grass; as, benty fields..

Beetle :: Beetle (v. t.) Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they are folded up. See Coleoptera..

Restiff :: Restiff (a.) Restive.

Duff :: Duff (n.) A stiff flour pudding, boiled in a bag; -- a term used especially by seamen; as, plum duff..

Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; -- often with in, out, etc.; as, to spring in a slat or a bar..

Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank..

Inflexibility :: Inflexibility (n.) The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity; steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness; obstinacy..

Dressing :: Dressing (n.) Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics..

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

Rigescent :: Rigescent (a.) Growing stiff or numb.

Prigidity :: Prigidity (n.) Want of ardor, animation, vivacity, etc.; coldness of affection or of manner; dullness; stiffness and formality; as, frigidity of a reception, of a bow, etc..

Suctoria :: Suctoria (n. pl.) An order of Infusoria having the body armed with somewhat stiff, tubular processes which they use as suckers in obtaining their food. They are usually stalked..

Clumsy :: Clumsy (superl.) Stiff or benumbed, as with cold..

Stayed :: Stay (n.) Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them..

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

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

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