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

Zebu :: Zebu (n.) A bovine mammal (Ros Indicus) extensively domesticated in India, China, the East Indies, and East Africa. It usually has short horns, large pendulous ears, slender legs, a large dewlap, and a large, prominent hump over the shoulders; but these characters vary in different domestic breeds, which range in size from that of the common ox to that of a large mastiff..

Starch :: Starch (a.) Stiff; precise; rigid.

Beetle :: Beetle (v. t.) Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they are folded up. See Coleoptera..

Stiffened :: Stiff-backed (a.) Obstinate.

Prudery :: Prudery (n.) The quality or state of being prudish; excessive or affected scrupulousness in speech or conduct; stiffness; coyness.

Unbending :: Unbending (a.) Not bending; not suffering flexure; not yielding to pressure; stiff; -- applied to material things.

Corny :: Corny (a.) Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn..

Rigor :: Rigor (n.) Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty.

Rigidulous :: Rigidulous (a.) Somewhat rigid or stiff; as, a rigidulous bristle..

Stifftail :: Stiffness (n.) The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character..

Tile :: Tile (n.) A stiff hat.

Dwang :: Dwang (n.) A piece of wood set between two studs, posts, etc., to stiffen and support them..

Tough :: Tough (superl.) Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow..

Flaccid :: Flaccid (a.) Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle; flaccid flesh..

Rigidity :: Rigidity (n.) Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.

Necked :: Necked (a.) Having (such) a neck; -- chiefly used in composition; as, stiff-necked..

Pier :: Pier (n.) Any additional or auxiliary mass of masonry used to stiffen a wall. See Buttress.

Barbellate :: Barbellate (a.) Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point..

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..

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