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Induration :: Induration (n.) Hardness of character, manner, sensibility, etc.; obduracy; stiffness; want of pliancy or feeling..

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

Crisp :: Crisp (a.) Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair..

Starcraft :: Starchy (a.) Consisting of starch; resembling starch; stiff; precise.

Bloodhound :: Bloodhound (n.) A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff..

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

Sturdy :: Sturdy (superl.) Stiff; stout; strong; as, a sturdy oak..

Zebu :: Zebu (n.) A bovine mammal (Ros Indicus) extensively domesticated in India, China, the East Indies, and East Africa. It usually has short horns, large pendulous ears, slender legs, a large dewlap, and a large, prominent hump over the shoulders; but these characters vary in different domestic breeds, which range in size from that of the common ox to that of a large mastiff..

Stiffening :: Stiffener (n.) One who, or that which, stiffens anything, as a piece of stiff cloth in a cravat..

Buckram :: Buckram (v. t.) To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff.

Stock :: Stock (n.) A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck; as, a silk stock..

Check :: Check (v. t.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended..

Hirsute :: Hirsute (a.) Pubescent with coarse or stiff hairs.

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..

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A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; -- so called because originally made of hair..

Bodice :: Bodice (n.) A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays..

Restiff :: Restiff (a.) Restive.

Teasel :: Teasel (n.) A plant of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species (D. fullonum) bears a large flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts. This flower head, when dried, is used for raising a nap on woolen cloth..

Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style..

Truss :: Truss (n.) To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces..

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