Definition of stiff

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Stiff (superl.) Firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff gale or breeze..

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Buckram :: Buckram (a.) Stiff; precise.
Choker :: Choker (n.) A stiff wide cravat; a stock.
Starkness :: Starkly (adv.) In a stark manner; stiffly; strongly.
Rigor :: Rigor (n.) Rigidity; stiffness.
Pier :: Pier (n.) Any additional or auxiliary mass of masonry used to stiffen a wall. See Buttress.
Congeal :: Congeal (v. i.) To grow hard, stiff, or thick, from cold or other causes; to become solid; to freeze; to cease to flow; to run cold; to be chilled..
Costiveness :: Costiveness (n.) Inability to express one's self; stiffness.
Stiffen :: Stiffening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stiffe.
Stubby :: Stubborn (a.) Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak; as stubborn as a mule..
Dwang :: Dwang (n.) A piece of wood set between two studs, posts, etc., to stiffen and support them..
Stiff-neckedness :: Stiff-necked (a.) Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as, stiff-necked pride; a stiff-necked people..
Stiff-backed :: Stiff (superl.) Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price..
Starcraft :: Starchy (a.) Consisting of starch; resembling starch; stiff; precise.
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.)..
Rigid :: Rigid (a.) Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible.
Staffmen :: Staffish (a.) Stiff; harsh.
Beard :: Beard (n.) Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn; as, the beard of grain..
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..
Strigous :: Strigose (a.) Set with stiff, straight bristles; hispid; as, a strigose leaf..
Clumsy :: Clumsy (superl.) Stiff or benumbed, as with cold..
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