Word Meanings - RIGIDULOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Somewhat rigid or stiff; as, a rigidulous bristle.
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- STIFFENER
One who, or that which, stiffens anything, as a piece of stiff cloth in a cravat. - RIGID
1. Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible. Upright beams innumerable Of rigid spears. Milton. 2. Hence, not lax or indulgent; severe; inflexible; strict; as, a rigid father or master; rigid discipline; rigid criticism; a rigid sentence. - RIGIDLY
In a rigid manner; stiffly. - STIFFENING
1. Act or process of making stiff. 2. Something used to make anything stiff. Stiffening order , 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. - BRISTLE
A stiff, sharp, roundish hair. Gray. (more info) D. borstel, OHG. burst, G. borste, Icel. burst, Sw. borst, and to Skr. bh edge, point, and prob, L. fastigium extremity, Gr. brush, 1. A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine. - SOMEWHAT
1. More or less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something. These salts have somewhat of a nitrous taste. Grew. Somewhat of his good sense will suffer, in this transfusion, and much of the beauty of his thoughts will be lost. - STIFF
Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank. Totten. 8. Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price. Stiff neck, a condition of the neck such that the head can not be - STIFFTAIL
The ruddy duck. - STIFFISH
Somewhat stiff. - STIFFNESS
The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character. The vices of old age have the stiffness of it too. South. - RIGIDITY
1. The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of from; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form; -- opposed to flexibility, ductility, malleability, and softness. 2. Stiffness - RIGIDULOUS
Somewhat rigid or stiff; as, a rigidulous bristle. - BRISTLETAIL
An insect of the genera Lepisma, Campodea, etc., belonging to the Thysanura. - BRISTLE-SHAPED
Resembling a bristle in form; as, a bristle-shaped leaf. - STIFF-NECKED
Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as, stiff-necked pride; a stiff-necked people. Ex. xxxii. 9. - STIFF-HEARTED
Obstinate; stubborn; contumacious. Ezek. ii. 4. - RIGIDNESS
The quality or state of being rigid. - BRISTLE-POINTED
Terminating in a very fine, sharp point, as some leaves. - STIFFEN
Etym: 1. tiono make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch. Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. Shak. 2. To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste. 3. To make torpid; to benumb. - STIFF-TAILED
Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid. - RESTIFF
Restive. - RESTIFFNESS
Restiveness. - INFRIGIDATE
To chill; to make cold; to cool. Boyle. - FRIGIDARIUM
The cooling room of the Roman thermæ, furnished with a cold bath. - SUBRIGID
Somewhat rigid or stiff. - MASTIFF
A breed of large dogs noted for strength and courage. There are various strains, differing in form and color, and characteristic of different countries. Mastiff bat , any bat of the genus Molossus; so called because the face somewhat resembles