Definition of stiff

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Stiff (superl.) Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff..

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Millinet :: Millinet (n.) A stiff cotton fabric used by milliners for lining bonnets.
Stiff-neckedness :: Stiff-necked (a.) Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as, stiff-necked pride; a stiff-necked people..
Cledgy :: Cledgy (a.) Stiff, stubborn, clayey, or tenacious; as, a cledgy soil..
Tension :: Tension (a.) The act of stretching or straining; the state of being stretched or strained to stiffness; the state of being bent strained; as, the tension of the muscles, tension of the larynx..
Coriaceous :: Coriaceous (a.) Stiff, like leather or parchment..
Bandog :: Bandog (n.) A mastiff or other large and fierce dog, usually kept chained or tied up..
Starched :: Starched (a.) Stiffened with starch.
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..
Crinkle :: Crinkle (v. i.) To turn or wind; to run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in waves; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth when moved..
Stylet :: Stylet (n.) A stiff wire, inserted in catheters or other tubular instruments to maintain their shape and prevent clogging..
Buckram :: Buckram (v. t.) To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff.
Wooden :: Wooden (a.) Clumsy; awkward; ungainly; stiff; spiritless.
Stayed :: Stay (n.) Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them..
Dwang :: Dwang (n.) A piece of wood set between two studs, posts, etc., to stiffen and support them..
Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank..
Cream :: Cream (v. i.) To form or become covered with cream; to become thick like cream; to assume the appearance of cream; hence, to grow stiff or formal; to mantle..
Strigine :: Strigillose (a.) Set with stiff, slender bristles..
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..
Immobilize :: Immobilize (v. t.) To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturally mobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffened bandages..
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..
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