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Backsaw :: Backsaw (n.) A saw (as a tenon saw) whose blade is stiffened by an added metallic back.

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..

Stiffener :: Stiffen (v. i.) To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective..

Stayed :: Stay (n.) Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them..

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..

Osmund :: Osmund (n.) A fern of the genus Osmunda, or flowering fern. The most remarkable species is the osmund royal, or royal fern (Osmunda regalis), which grows in wet or boggy places, and has large bipinnate fronds, often with a panicle of capsules at the top. The rootstock contains much starch, and has been used in stiffening linen..

Buckram :: Buckram (n.) A coarse cloth of linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise..

Hem :: Hem (n.) A border made on sheet-metal ware by doubling over the edge of the sheet, to stiffen it and remove the sharp edge..

Starkly :: Stark (v. t.) To stiffen.

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

Stiff-hearted :: Stiffening (n.) Something used to make anything stiff.

Pandiculation :: Pandiculation (n.) A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy..

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

Rib :: Rib (n.) A ridge, fin, or wing, as on a plate, cylinder, beam, etc., to strengthen or stiffen it..

Stay :: Stay (n.) A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men..

Stiffening :: Stiffened (imp. & p. p.) of Stiffe.

Stiffening :: Stiffener (n.) One who, or that which, stiffens anything, as a piece of stiff cloth in a cravat..

Bodice :: Bodice (n.) A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays..

Clearstarch :: Clearstarch (v. t.) To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands; as, to clearstarch muslin..

Stiffen :: Stiffen (v. t.) To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch..

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