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Definition of stiffen
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Stiffen
(v. t.) To make
stiff;
to make less
pliant
or
flexible;
as, to
stiffen
cloth with
starch..
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Rib
::
Rib (n.) A
ridge,
fin, or wing, as on a
plate,
cylinder,
beam, etc., to
strengthen
or
stiffen
it..
Stiffen
::
Stiffening
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of
Stiffe.
Star-chamber
::
Starch
(v. t.) To
stiffen
with
starch.
Sago
::
Sago (n.) A dry
granulated
starch
imported
from the East
Indies,
much used for
making
puddings
and as an
article
of diet for the sick; also, as
starch,
for
stiffening
textile
fabrics.
It is
prepared
from the stems of
several
East
Indian
and
Malayan
palm
trees,
but
chiefly
from the
Metroxylon
Sagu; also from
several
cycadaceous
plants
(Cycas
revoluta,
Zamia
integrifolia,
etc.)..
Clearstarch
::
Clearstarch
(v. t.) To
stiffen
with
starch,
and then make clear by
clapping
with the
hands;
as, to
clearstarch
muslin..
Stiffener
::
Stiffen
(v. i.) To
become
stiff or
stiffer,
in any sense of the
adjective..
Wigan
::
Wigan (n.) A kind of
canvaslike
cotton
fabric,
used to
stiffen
and
protect
the lower part of
trousers
and of the
skirts
of
women's
dresses,
etc.; -- so
called
from
Wigan,
the name of a town in
Lancashire,
England..
Web
::
Web (n.) A plate or thin
portion,
continuous
or
perforated,
connecting
stiffening
ribs or
flanges,
or other parts of an
object..
Pandiculation
::
Pandiculation
(n.) A
stretching
and
stiffening
of the trunk and
extremities,
as when
fatigued
and
drowsy..
Stiffening
::
Stiffener
(n.) One who, or that
which,
stiffens
anything,
as a piece of stiff cloth in a
cravat..
Stay
::
Stay (n.) A
corset
stiffened
with
whalebone
or other
material,
worn by
women,
and
rarely
by men..
Backsaw
::
Backsaw
(n.) A saw (as a tenon saw) whose blade is
stiffened
by an added
metallic
back.
Gum
::
Gum (v. t.) To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or
stiffen
by gum or a
gumlike
substance;
to make
sticky
with a
gumlike
substance.
Opisthotonos
::
Opisthotonos
(n.) A
tetanic
spasm in which the body is bent
backwards
and
stiffened.
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..
Starch
::
Starch
(n.) A
widely
diffused
vegetable
substance
found
especially
in
seeds,
bulbs,
and
tubers,
and
extracted
(as from
potatoes,
corn, rice, etc.) as a
white,
glistening,
granular
or
powdery
substance,
without
taste or
smell,
and
giving
a very
peculiar
creaking
sound when
rubbed
between
the
fingers.
It is used as a food, in the
production
of
commercial
grape
sugar,
for
stiffening
linen in
laundries,
in
making
paste,
etc..
Stiffening
::
Stiffened
(imp. & p. p.) of
Stiffe.
Bodice
::
Bodice
(n.) A kind of under waist
stiffened
with
whalebone,
etc., worn esp. by
women;
a
corset;
stays..
Stiff-hearted
::
Stiffening
(n.)
Something
used to make
anything
stiff.
Starkly
::
Stark (v. t.) To
stiffen.
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