Stiffen: alternatives and connections

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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of Bind

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.

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That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a…

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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Restricted.

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The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.

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A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.

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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 merchandi…

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To form into bone; to change from a soft animal substance into bone, as by the deposition of lime salts.

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To convert, as any animal or vegetable matter, into stone or stony substance.

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Stiff; precise; rigid.

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One who, or that which, stiffens anything, as a piece of stiff cloth in a cravat.

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One who, or that which, stiffens anything, as a piece of stiff cloth in a cravat.

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of Stiffen

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of Stiffen

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To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or confine; to hold tightly; to constringe.

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To draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner.

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Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

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Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

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To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the…

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To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the…

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