Definition of stiff

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Stiff (superl.) Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank..

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Stiff-necked :: Stiffly (adv.) In a stiff manner.
Crinoline :: Crinoline (n.) A lady's skirt made of any stiff material; latterly, a hoop skirt..
Stiffening :: Stiffening (n.) Act or process of making stiff.
Sprunt :: Sprunt (n.) Anything short and stiff.
Costiveness :: Costiveness (n.) Inability to express one's self; stiffness.
Immobilize :: Immobilize (v. t.) To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturally mobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffened bandages..
Rigor :: Rigor (n.) The becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid; rigidity; stiffness; hardness.
Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary..
Formal :: Formal (a.) Devoted to, or done in accordance with, forms or rules; punctilious; regular; orderly; methodical; of a prescribed form; exact; prim; stiff; ceremonious; as, a man formal in his dress, his gait, his conversation..
Benty :: Benty (a.) A bounding in bents, or the stalks of coarse, stiff, withered grass; as, benty fields..
Starkness :: Starkly (adv.) In a stark manner; stiffly; strongly.
Uneasy :: Uneasy (a.) Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful; as, an uneasy deportment..
Stith :: Stith (a.) Strong; stiff; rigid.
Bind :: Bind (v. i.) To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat..
Tough :: Tough (superl.) Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow..
Rigidly :: Rigidly (v.) In a rigid manner; stiffly.
Stiff-hearted :: Stiffening (n.) Something used to make anything stiff.
Limp :: Limp (a.) Lacking stiffness; flimsy; as, a limp cravat..
Scratchbrush :: Scratchbrush (n.) A stiff wire brush for cleaning iron castings and other metal.
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..
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