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

Strait-laced :: Strait-laced (a.) Restricted; stiff; constrained.

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..

Stylet :: Stylet (n.) A stiff wire, inserted in catheters or other tubular instruments to maintain their shape and prevent clogging..

Piccadilly :: Piccadilly (n.) A high, stiff collar for the neck; also, a hem or band about the skirt of a garment, -- worn by men in the 17th century..

Rigidulous :: Rigidulous (a.) Somewhat rigid or stiff; as, a rigidulous bristle..

Starched :: Starched (a.) Stiffened with starch.

Jointless :: Jointless (a.) Without a joint; rigid; stiff.

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..

Stiffness :: Stiff-neckedness (n.) The quality or state of being stiff-necked; stubbornness.

Stith :: Stith (a.) Strong; stiff; rigid.

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

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

Pokerish :: Pokerish (a.) Stiff like a poker.

Stiffen :: Stiffening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stiffe.

Pier :: Pier (n.) Any additional or auxiliary mass of masonry used to stiffen a wall. See Buttress.

Costiveness :: Costiveness (n.) Inability to express one's self; stiffness.

Star-chamber :: Starch (v. t.) To stiffen with starch.

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

Pise :: Pise (n.) A species of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in between molds which are carried up as the wall rises; -- called also pise work.

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