A coarse cloth of linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.
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See Methylal.
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See Methylal.
Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.
A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made…
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The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship; texture; make; as cloth of a beautiful fabric.
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Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.
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To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch.
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Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics.
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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.
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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.
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Consisting of starch; resembling starch; stiff; precise.
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Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints.
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