Definition of stiff

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Stiff (superl.) Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style..

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Derby :: Derby (n.) A stiff felt hat with a dome-shaped crown.
Restiffness :: Restiffness (n.) Restiveness.
Starchwort :: Starchness (n.) Of or pertaining to starched or starch; stiffness of manner; preciseness.
Bandog :: Bandog (n.) A mastiff or other large and fierce dog, usually kept chained or tied up..
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..
Mastiffs :: Mastiffs (pl. ) of Mastif.
Starchedness :: Starched (a.) Stiff; precise; formal.
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..
Stayed :: Stay (n.) Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them..
Rigidity :: Rigidity (n.) Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
Bristle :: Bristle (n.) A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine..
Tentaculum :: Tentaculum (n.) One of the stiff hairs situated about the mouth, or on the face, of many animals, and supposed to be tactile organs; a tactile hair..
Beard :: Beard (n.) Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn; as, the beard of grain..
Stiff-necked :: Stiffly (adv.) In a stiff manner.
Buckram :: Buckram (v. t.) To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff.
Spur :: Spur (n.) Any stiff, sharp spine, as on the wings and legs of certain burds, on the legs of insects, etc.; especially, the spine on a cock's leg..
Corny :: Corny (a.) Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn..
Opisthotonos :: Opisthotonos (n.) A tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened.
Rigidly :: Rigidly (v.) In a rigid manner; stiffly.
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..
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