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adv.
In a stiff manner.
a.
Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as, stiff-necked pride; a stiff-necked people.
n.
One who, or that which, stiffens anything, as a piece of stiff cloth in a cravat.
n.
Something used to make anything stiff.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Stiffen
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Stifle
v. t.
To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to stifle passion.
n.
One who, or that which, stifles.
a.
Stifling.
a.
Somewhat stiff.
n.
The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character.
v. t.
To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust.
imp. & p. p.
of Stifle
v. i.
To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective.
n.
The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also stifle joint. See Illust. under Horse.
n.
The quality or state of being stiff-necked; stubbornness.
n.
Act or process of making stiff.
v. t.
To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste.
v. t.
To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch.
v. t.
To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame.
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