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STARCH |
Stiffen |
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STARK |
To stiffen. |
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STIFFENED |
Of Stiffen |
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STIFFENING |
Of Stiffen |
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STIFFEN |
To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to
stiffen paste. |
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STAY |
Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or
stiffen them. |
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PIER |
Any additional or auxiliary mass of masonry used to stiffen a
wall. See Buttress. |
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DWANG |
A piece of wood set between two studs, posts, etc., to
stiffen and support them. |
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TRUSS |
To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a
brace or braces. |
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RIB |
A ridge, fin, or wing, as on a plate, cylinder, beam, etc., to
strengthen or stiffen it. |
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TAG |
A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or
lace, to stiffen it. |
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CLEARSTARCH |
To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by
clapping with the hands; as, to clearstarch muslin. |
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HEM |
A border made on sheet-metal ware by doubling over the edge of
the sheet, to stiffen it and remove the sharp edge. |
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GUM |
To smear with gum; to close with gum; to unite or stiffen
by gum or a gumlike substance; to make sticky with a gumlike substance. |
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HARDEN |
To accustom by labor or suffering to endure with
constancy; to strengthen; to stiffen; to inure; also, to confirm in
wickedness or shame; to make unimpressionable. |
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WIGAN |
A kind of canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and
protect the lower part of trousers and of the skirts of women's
dresses, etc.; -- so ca... |