Definition of tiff

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Tiff (n.) A fit of anger or peevishness; a slight altercation or contention. See Tift.

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Derby :: Derby (n.) A stiff felt hat with a dome-shaped crown.
M/tin :: M/tin (n.) A French mastiff.
Clearstarch :: Clearstarch (v. t.) To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands; as, to clearstarch muslin..
Stith :: Stith (a.) Strong; stiff; rigid.
Surrebuter :: Surrebut (v. i.) To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter..
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..
Piculet :: Piculet (n.) Any species of very small woodpeckers of the genus Picumnus and allied genera. Their tail feathers are not stiff and sharp at the tips, as in ordinary woodpeckers..
Whalebone :: Whalebone (n.) A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen..
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..
Tiff :: Tiff (v. i.) To be in a pet.
Rebut :: Rebut (v. i.) To make, or put in, an answer, as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder..
Tiffish :: Tiffish (a.) Inclined to tiffs; peevish; petulant.
Tiff :: Tiff (v. t.) To deck out; to dress.
Restiff :: Restiff (a.) Restive.
Pontifical :: Pontifical (n.) A book containing the offices, or formulas, used by a pontiff..
Color :: Color (n.) An apparent right; as where the defendant in trespass gave to the plaintiff an appearance of title, by stating his title specially, thus removing the cause from the jury to the court..
Set :: Set (v. t.) To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance..
Flag :: Flag (v. i.) To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp..
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..
Stiffly :: Stiffish (a.) Somewhat stiff.
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