stiffener
(noun) material used for stiffening something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
stiffener (plural stiffeners)
Anything added to something in order to stiffen it, such as a support beam, or starch for a collar.
(slang) An alcoholic drink taken to fortify oneself.
Source: Wiktionary
Stiff"en*er, n.
Definition: One who, or that which, stiffens anything, as a piece of stiff cloth in a cravat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 January 2025
(noun) a severe dermatitis of herbivorous domestic animals attributable to photosensitivity from eating Saint John’s wort
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
