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

Rigor :: Rigor (n.) The becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid; rigidity; stiffness; hardness.

Strigous :: Strigose (a.) Set with stiff, straight bristles; hispid; as, a strigose leaf..

Rigid :: Rigid (a.) Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible.

Cardboard :: Cardboard (n.) A stiff compact pasteboard of various qualities, for making cards, etc., often having a polished surface..

Stark :: Stark (n.) Stiff; rigid.

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..

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

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

Clumsy :: Clumsy (superl.) Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse..

Barbet :: Barbet (n.) A bird of the family Bucconidae, allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunches of stiff bristles; the puff bird. It inhabits tropical America and Africa..

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

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..

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

Stiffened :: Stiff-backed (a.) Obstinate.

Harden :: Harden (v. t.) To accustom by labor or suffering to endure with constancy; to strengthen; to stiffen; to inure; also, to confirm in wickedness or shame; to make unimpressionable..

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

Muley :: Muley (n.) A stiff, long saw, guided at the ends but not stretched in a gate..

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

Trussing :: Trussing (n.) The art of stiffening or bracing a set of timbers, or the like, by putting in struts, ties, etc., till it has something of the character of a truss..

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