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Stiffening
p. pr. & vb. n.
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Stiffen
v. t.
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To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch.
Stiffen
v. t.
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To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste.
Stiffen
v. t.
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To make torpid; to benumb.
Stiffen
v. i.
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To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective.
Stiffener
n.
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One who, or that which, stiffens anything, as a piece of stiff cloth in a cravat.
Stiffening
n.
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Act or process of making stiff.
Stiffening
n.
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Something used to make anything stiff.
Stiff-hearted
a.
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Obstinate; stubborn; contumacious.
Stiffish
a.
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Somewhat stiff.
Stiffly
adv.
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In a stiff manner.
Stiff-necked
a.
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Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as, stiff-necked pride; a stiff-necked people.
Stiff-neckedness
n.
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The quality or state of being stiff-necked; stubbornness.
Stiffness
n.
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The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character.
Stifftail
n.
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The ruddy duck.
Stiff-tailed
a.
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Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.
Stifle
n.
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The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also stifle joint. See Illust. under Horse.
Stifled
imp. & p. p.
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Stifling
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Stifle
Stifle
v. t.
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To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust.
Stifle
v. t.
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To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame.
Stifle
v. t.
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To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to stifle passion.
Stifle
v. i.
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To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration.
Stifled
a.
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Stifling.
Stifler
n.
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One who, or that which, stifles.
Stifler
n.
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See Camouflet.
Stigmas
pl.
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of Stigma
Stigmata
pl.
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of Stigma
Stigma
v. t.
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A mark made with a burning iron; a brand.
Stigma
v. t.
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Any mark of infamy or disgrace; sign of moral blemish; stain or reproach caused by dishonorable conduct; reproachful characterization.