Definition of stiff

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Stiff (superl.) Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary..

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Backsaw :: Backsaw (n.) A saw (as a tenon saw) whose blade is stiffened by an added metallic back.
Bristle :: Bristle (n.) A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine..
Pasteboard :: Pasteboard (n.) A stiff thick kind of paper board, formed of several single sheets pasted one upon another, or of paper macerated and pressed into molds, etc..
Wooden :: Wooden (a.) Clumsy; awkward; ungainly; stiff; spiritless.
Stiffener :: Stiffen (v. i.) To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective..
Jointless :: Jointless (a.) Without a joint; rigid; stiff.
Nash :: Nash (a.) Firm; stiff; hard; also, chilly..
Dressing :: Dressing (n.) Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics..
Anchylose :: Anchylose (v. t. & i.) To affect or be affected with anchylosis; to unite or consolidate so as to make a stiff joint; to grow together into one.
Crisp :: Crisp (a.) Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair..
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..
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..
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..
Scotchman :: Scotchman (n.) A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear.
Starkly :: Stark (v. t.) To stiffen.
Sprunt :: Sprunt (n.) Anything short and stiff.
Costiveness :: Costiveness (n.) Inability to express one's self; stiffness.
Bristle :: Bristle (n.) A stiff, sharp, roundish hair..
Mastiffs :: Mastiffs (pl. ) of Mastif.
Shoe :: Shoe (n.) A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not extending so far up the leg..
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