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Clearstarch :: Clearstarch (v. t.) To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands; as, to clearstarch muslin..

Jelly :: "Jelly (n.) Anything brought to a gelatinous condition; a viscous, translucent substance in a condition between liquid and solid; a stiffened solution of gelatin, gum, or the like..

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.)..

Osmund :: Osmund (n.) A fern of the genus Osmunda, or flowering fern. The most remarkable species is the osmund royal, or royal fern (Osmunda regalis), which grows in wet or boggy places, and has large bipinnate fronds, often with a panicle of capsules at the top. The rootstock contains much starch, and has been used in stiffening linen..

Ligature :: Ligature (n.) The state of being bound or stiffened; stiffness; as, the ligature of a joint..

Web :: Web (n.) A plate or thin portion, continuous or perforated, connecting stiffening ribs or flanges, or other parts of an object..

Tag :: Tag (n.) A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it..

Stiffener :: Stiffen (v. i.) To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective..

Stiffening :: Stiffener (n.) One who, or that which, stiffens anything, as a piece of stiff cloth in a cravat..

Whalebone :: Whalebone (n.) A firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, and for various other purposes. See Baleen..

Stiffen :: Stiffen (v. t.) To make torpid; to benumb.

Stiffen :: Stiffen (v. t.) To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch..

Starkly :: Stark (v. t.) To stiffen.

Stiff-hearted :: Stiffening (n.) Something used to make anything stiff.

Rib :: Rib (n.) A ridge, fin, or wing, as on a plate, cylinder, beam, etc., to strengthen or stiffen it..

Bodice :: Bodice (n.) A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays..

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

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.

Truss :: Truss (n.) To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces..

Stiffening :: Stiffening (n.) Act or process of making stiff.

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