Definition of stiff

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Stiff (superl.) Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank..

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Star-chamber :: Starch (v. t.) To stiffen with starch.
Stock :: Stock (n.) A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck; as, a silk stock..
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..
Starcraft :: Starchy (a.) Consisting of starch; resembling starch; stiff; precise.
Starchwort :: Starchness (n.) Of or pertaining to starched or starch; stiffness of manner; preciseness.
Rigidity :: Rigidity (n.) Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
Starcher :: Starchedness (n.) The quality or state of being starched; stiffness in manners; formality.
Stiff-necked :: Stiffly (adv.) In a stiff manner.
Stark :: Stark (n.) Stiff; rigid.
Clumsy :: Clumsy (superl.) Stiff or benumbed, as with cold..
Stay :: Stay (n.) A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men..
Tensive :: Tensive (a.) Giving the sensation of tension, stiffness, or contraction..
Costiveness :: Costiveness (n.) Inability to express one's self; stiffness.
Crinkle :: Crinkle (v. i.) To turn or wind; to run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in waves; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth when moved..
Web :: Web (n.) The series of barbs implanted on each side of the shaft of a feather, whether stiff and united together by barbules, as in ordinary feathers, or soft and separate, as in downy feathers. See Feather..
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..
Stiffly :: Stiffish (a.) Somewhat stiff.
Suctoria :: Suctoria (n. pl.) An order of Infusoria having the body armed with somewhat stiff, tubular processes which they use as suckers in obtaining their food. They are usually stalked..
Beard :: Beard (n.) Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn; as, the beard of grain..
Tip :: Tip (n.) A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
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