Word Meanings - STAFFISH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Stiff; harsh. Ascham.

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• STIFFENER
  One who, or that which, stiffens anything, as a piece of stiff cloth in a cravat.
• 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.
• HARSH
  Having violent contrasts of color, or of light and shade; lacking in harmony. (more info) to G. harsch, Dan. harsk rancid, Sw. härsk; from the same source as 1. Rough; disagreeable; grating; esp.: To the touch."Harsh sand." Boyle. To the taste.
• 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.
• 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.
• HARSHNESS
  The quality or state of being harsh. O, she is Ten times more gentle than her father 's crabbed, And he's composed of harshness. Shak. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offense, The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Pope. Syn. -- Acrimony;
• ASCHAM
  A sort of cupboard, or case, to contain bows and other implements of archery.
• HARSHLY
  In a harsh manner; gratingly; roughly; rudely. 'T will sound harshly in her ears. Shak.
• 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.
• STIFF-NECKEDNESS
  The quality or state of being stiff-necked; stubbornness.
• STIFFLY
  In a stiff manner.
• STIFF-BACKED
  Obstinate. J. H. Newman.
• RESTIFF
  Restive.
• RESTIFFNESS
  Restiveness.
• 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