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Restiffness :: Restiffness (n.) Restiveness.

Crinoline :: Crinoline (n.) A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; -- so called because originally made of hair..

Scratchbrush :: Scratchbrush (n.) A stiff wire brush for cleaning iron castings and other metal.

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

Budge :: Budge (a.) Austere or stiff, like scholastics..

Bind :: Bind (v. i.) To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat..

Stiff-necked :: Stiffly (adv.) In a stiff manner.

Stiffen :: Stiffen (v. t.) To make torpid; to benumb.

Ligature :: Ligature (n.) The state of being bound or stiffened; stiffness; as, the ligature of a joint..

Setaceous :: Setaceous (a.) Set with, or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a stiff, setaceous tail..

Primness :: Primness (n.) The quality or state of being prim; affected formality or niceness; preciseness; stiffness.

Limmer :: Limmer (n.) A mongrel, as a cross between the mastiff and hound..

Choker :: Choker (n.) A stiff wide cravat; a stock.

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..

Starchedness :: Starched (a.) Stiff; precise; formal.

Cosmoline :: Cosmoline (n.) A substance obtained from the residues of the distillation of petroleum, essentially the same as vaseline, but of somewhat stiffer consistency, and consisting of a mixture of the higher paraffines; a kind of petroleum jelly..

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..

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

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..

Stiff-hearted :: Stiffening (n.) Something used to make anything stiff.

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