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

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

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..

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

Stiff-neckedness :: Stiff-necked (a.) Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as, stiff-necked pride; a stiff-necked people..

Gum :: Gum (v. t.) To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen by gum or a gumlike substance; to make sticky with a gumlike substance.

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..

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..

Pasteboard :: Pasteboard (n.) A stiff thick kind of paper board, formed of several single sheets pasted one upon another, or of paper macerated and pressed into molds, etc..

Duff :: Duff (n.) A stiff flour pudding, boiled in a bag; -- a term used especially by seamen; as, plum duff..

Coriaceous :: Coriaceous (a.) Stiff, like leather or parchment..

Barbet :: Barbet (n.) A bird of the family Bucconidae, allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunches of stiff bristles; the puff bird. It inhabits tropical America and Africa..

Scratchbrush :: Scratchbrush (n.) A stiff wire brush for cleaning iron castings and other metal.

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

Stiff-backed :: Stiff (superl.) Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price..

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..

Cardboard :: Cardboard (n.) A stiff compact pasteboard of various qualities, for making cards, etc., often having a polished surface..

Rigidly :: Rigidly (v.) In a rigid manner; stiffly.

Star-chamber :: Starch (v. t.) To stiffen with starch.

Muley :: Muley (n.) A stiff, long saw, guided at the ends but not stretched in a gate..

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