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A stretching and stiffening of the trunk and extremities, as when fatigued and drowsy.

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.

A high, stiff collar for the neck; also, a hem or band about the skirt of a garment, -- worn by men in the 17th century.

ry small woodpeckers of the genus Picumnus and allied genera. Their tail feathers are not stiff and sharp at the tips, as in ordinary woodpeckers.

Any additional or auxiliary mass of masonry used to stiffen a wall. See Buttress.

A species of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in between molds which are carried up as the wall rises; -- called also pisé work. Gwilt.

In a plaguing manner; vexatiously; extremely. [Colloq.] "Ronsard is so plaguily stiff and stately." Landor.

The free-swimming larva of sea urchins and ophiurans, having several long stiff processes inclosing calcareous rods.

Stiff like a poker. [Colloq.]

Stiff and sharp; prickly. Holland.

The quality or state of being prim; affected formality or niceness; preciseness; stiffness.

ity or state of being prudish; excessive or affected scrupulousness in speech or conduct; stiffness; coyness. Cowper.

A ridge, fin, or wing, as on a plate, cylinder, beam, etc., to strengthen or stiffen it.

Growing stiff or numb.

Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible. Upright beams innumerable Of rigid spears. Milton.

Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance. Sir H. Wotton.

In a rigid manner; stiffly.

Somewhat rigid or stiff; as, a rigidulous bristle.

Rigidity; stiffness.

a very large South African antelope (Hippotragus equinus). It has long sharp horns and a stiff bright brown mane. Called also mahnya, equine antelope, and bastard gemsbok.