Definition of stiff

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Stiff (superl.) Firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff gale or breeze..

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Jelly :: "Jelly (n.) Anything brought to a gelatinous condition; a viscous, translucent substance in a condition between liquid and solid; a stiffened solution of gelatin, gum, or the like..
Starkly :: Stark (v. t.) To stiffen.
Starched :: Starch (n.) Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality..
Bristle :: Bristle (n.) A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine..
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..
Strait-laced :: Strait-laced (a.) Restricted; stiff; constrained.
Stay :: Stay (n.) A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men..
Stiff-tailed :: Stifftail (n.) The ruddy duck.
Harden :: Harden (v. t.) To accustom by labor or suffering to endure with constancy; to strengthen; to stiffen; to inure; also, to confirm in wickedness or shame; to make unimpressionable..
Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear.
Barbellate :: Barbellate (a.) Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point..
Web :: Web (n.) A plate or thin portion, continuous or perforated, connecting stiffening ribs or flanges, or other parts of an object..
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..
Rigidulous :: Rigidulous (a.) Somewhat rigid or stiff; as, a rigidulous bristle..
Limp :: Limp (a.) Lacking stiffness; flimsy; as, a limp cravat..
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..
Stiffen :: Stiffen (v. t.) To make torpid; to benumb.
Barbet :: Barbet (n.) A bird of the family Bucconidae, allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunches of stiff bristles; the puff bird. It inhabits tropical America and Africa..
Rigid :: Rigid (a.) Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible.
Restiff :: Restiff (a.) Restive.
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