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Coriaceous :: Coriaceous (a.) Stiff, like leather or parchment..

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

Wooden :: Wooden (a.) Clumsy; awkward; ungainly; stiff; spiritless.

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

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..

Hard :: Hard (superl.) Not easy or agreeable to the taste; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style..

Frigid :: Frigid (a.) Wanting warmth, fervor, ardor, fire, vivacity, etc.; unfeeling; forbidding in manner; dull and unanimated; stiff and formal; as, a frigid constitution; a frigid style; a frigid look or manner; frigid obedience or service..

Subriguous :: Subrigid (a.) Somewhat rigid or stiff.

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

Buckram :: Buckram (n.) A coarse cloth of linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise..

Tensive :: Tensive (a.) Giving the sensation of tension, stiffness, or contraction..

Stiffening :: Stiffened (imp. & p. p.) of Stiffe.

Derby :: Derby (n.) A stiff felt hat with a dome-shaped crown.

Rigidity :: Rigidity (n.) Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.

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

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

Opinionated :: Opinionated (a.) Stiff in opinion; firmly or unduly adhering to one's own opinion or to preconceived notions; obstinate in opinion.

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..

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..

Gale :: Gale (n.) A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests.

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