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Set :: Set (v. t.) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese..

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

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

Starchwort :: Starchness (n.) Of or pertaining to starched or starch; stiffness of manner; preciseness.

Cream :: Cream (v. i.) To form or become covered with cream; to become thick like cream; to assume the appearance of cream; hence, to grow stiff or formal; to mantle..

Wooden :: Wooden (a.) Clumsy; awkward; ungainly; stiff; spiritless.

Stark :: Stark (n.) Stiff; rigid.

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

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

Flag :: Flag (v. i.) To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp..

M/tin :: M/tin (n.) A French mastiff.

Gusset :: Gusset (n.) A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; esp., the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler..

Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Not stiff; pliant; frail; soft; as, the weak stalk of a plant..

Trussing :: Trussing (n.) The art of stiffening or bracing a set of timbers, or the like, by putting in struts, ties, etc., till it has something of the character of a truss..

Board :: Board (n.) Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards..

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..

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

Stiffness :: Stiff-neckedness (n.) The quality or state of being stiff-necked; stubbornness.

Scotchman :: Scotchman (n.) A piece of wood or stiff hide placed over shrouds and other rigging to prevent chafe by the running gear.

Thomsen''s Disease :: Thomsen's disease () An affection apparently congenital, consisting in tonic contraction and stiffness of the voluntary muscles occurring after a period of muscular inaction..

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