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stiffening
(encz) | stiffening,ztužující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Stiffening
(gcide) | Stiffening \Stiff"en*ing\, n.
1. Act or process of making stiff.
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2. Something used to make anything stiff.
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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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Stiffening
(gcide) | Stiffen \Stiff"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stiffened; p. pr. &
vb. n. Stiffening.] [See Stiff.]
1. To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to
stiffen cloth with starch.
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Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. --Shak.
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2. To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to
stiffen paste.
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3. To make torpid; to benumb.
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stiffening
(wn) | stiffening
n 1: the act of becoming stiff; "stiffening his shoulders, he
prepared to advance"
2: the process of becoming stiff or rigid [syn: stiffening,
rigidifying, rigidification] |
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stiffening
(encz) | stiffening,ztužující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Stiffening order
(gcide) | Stiffening \Stiff"en*ing\, n.
1. Act or process of making stiff.
[1913 Webster]
2. Something used to make anything stiff.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] |
stiffening
(wn) | stiffening
n 1: the act of becoming stiff; "stiffening his shoulders, he
prepared to advance"
2: the process of becoming stiff or rigid [syn: stiffening,
rigidifying, rigidification] |
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