Stiff definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary STIFF, a. [Gr.] 1. Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not flaccid; rigid; applicable to any substance; as stiff wood; stiff paper; cloth stiff with starch; a limb stiff with frost. They, rising on stiff pinions, tower the ...
Stiff neck definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Neck Neck, n. [OE ... Commiting one sin on the neck of another.'' --W. Perkins. Stiff neck, obstinacy in evil or wrong; inflexible obstinacy; contumacy. ``I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck.'' --Deut. xxxi. 27. To break the neck of, to ... neck of their own cause.'' --Milton. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stiff Stiff, a. [Compar. Stiffer; superl. Stiffest.] [OE. stif, AS. st[=i ... Sw. styf, Icel. st[=i]fr, Lith. stipti to be stiff; cf. L. stipes a post, trunk of a tree, ...
Stiff-hearted definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary STIFF-HEARTED, a. [stiff and heart.] Obstinate; stubborn; contumacious. They are impudent children and stiff-hearted. Ezek 2. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stiff-hearted Stiff"-heart`ed, a. [Stiff + heart.] Obstinate; stubborn; contumacious. --Ezek. ...
stiff-backed definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: having a stiff back; "the guards stood stiff-backed and unsmiling" Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stiff-backed Stiff"-backed`, a. Obstinate. --J. H. Newman.
stiff upper lip definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1 ... especially fear or grief); "the British like to keep a stiff upper lip" Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: from the phrase keep a stiff upper lip Date: 1815 a steady and determined attitude or manner in the face of trouble • stiff-upper-lip adjective
... Webster's 1828 Dictionary RIG'ID, a. [Gr. to be stiff; L. frigeo, frigidus; Heb. to be still, to be stiff.] 1. Stiff; not pliant; not easily bent. It is applied to bodies ... metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker"; "stiff hair"; "a stiff neck" [syn: rigid, stiff] 2: incapable of compromise or ...
Stiff-neckedness definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stiff-neckedness Stiff"-neck`ed*ness, n. The quality or state of being stiff-necked; stubbornness.
stiff-tailed definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: having a stiff tail Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stiff-tailed Stiff"-tailed`, a. (Zo["o]l.) Having the quill feathers of ...
To keep a stiff upper lip definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Keep Keep (k ... loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal. --Milton. Keep a stiff rein, and move but gently on. --Addison. Note: In this ... or teach a school, as a preceptor. -- To keep a stiff upper lip, to keep up one's courage. [Slang] -- To ...
stiff aster definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: wiry tufted perennial of the eastern United States with stiff erect rough stems, linear leaves and large violet flowers [syn: stiff aster, Aster linarifolius]
Stiffer definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stiff Stiff, a. [Compar. Stiffer; superl. Stiffest.] [OE. stif, AS. st[=i ... Sw. styf, Icel. st[=i]fr, Lith. stipti to be stiff; cf. L. stipes a post, trunk of a tree, stipare ... flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints. [They] rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid a["e]rial sky. --Milton. 2 ... tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff. 3. Firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a ...
stiff-arm definitions Merriam Webster's I. intransitive verb Date: 1909 ... arm 2. to treat with disdain or neglect ; slight, snub < stiff-armed his advice > II. noun Date: 1927 straight-arm