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Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.

us condition; a viscous, translucent substance in a condition between liquid and solid; a stiffened solution of gelatin, gum, or the like.

Without a joint; rigid; stiff.

r preserve in any state or tenor. His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal. Milton. Keep a stiff rein, and move but gently on. Addison.

ront, and a visor. As originally worn by the French in Algeria about 1830 it was tall and stiff with a straight visor. It is now lower, has a curved visor, and is frequently soft.

contrivances for mechanically knitting stockings, jerseys, and the like. -- Knitting , a stiff rod, as of steel wire, with rounded ends for knitting yarn or threads into a fabric, as in stockings. -- Knitting sheath, a sheath to receive the end of a needle in knitting.

ding), the system of horizontal braces (as between two vertical trusses) by which lateral stiffness is secured.

The state of being bound or stiffened; stiffness; as, the ligature of a joint.

A mongrel, as a cross between the mastiff and hound.

Lacking stiffness; flimsy; as, a limp cravat.

A French mastiff.

A stiff cotton fabric used by milliners for lining bonnets.

tringent quality, it moderates the relaxing quality of warm water. Arbuthnot. To moderate stiff minds disposed to strive. Spenser.

A stiff, long saw, guided at the ends but not stretched in a gate. Muley axle (Railroad), a car axle without collars at the outer ends of the journals. Forney.

Firm; stiff; hard; also, chilly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

ely after; following closely. "Commiting one sin on the neck of another." W. Perkins. -- Stiff neck, obstinacy in evil or wrong; inflexible obstinacy; contumacy. "I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck." Deut. xxxi. 27. -- To break the neck of, to destroy the main force of. "What they presume to borrow from her sag…

Having (such) a neck; -- chiefly used in composition; as, stiff- necked.

Stiff in opinion; firmly or unduly adhering to one's own opinion or to preconceived notions; obstinate in opinion. Sir W. Scott.

A tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened.

panicle of capsules at the top. The rootstock contains much starch, and has been used in stiffening linen.