STIFFENING

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Act or process of making stiff.

2.
n.

Something used to make anything stiff. Stiffening order (Com.), a permission granted by the customs department to take cargo or ballast on board before the old cargo is out, in order to steady the ship.


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