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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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