STIFFENING

stiffening

(noun) the act of becoming stiff; “stiffening his shoulders, he prepared to advance”

stiffening, rigidifying, rigidification

(noun) the process of becoming stiff or rigid

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

stiffening (plural stiffenings)

An item, material or feature that makes something stiffer.

Verb

stiffening

present participle of stiffen

Source: Wiktionary

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Stiff"en*ing, n.

1. Act or process of making stiff.

2. Something used to make anything stiff. Stiffening order (Com.), a permission granted by the customs department to take cargo or ballast on board before the old cargo is out, in order to steady the ship.

STIFFEN

Stiff"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stiffened; p. pr. & vb. n. Stiffening.] Etym: [See Stiff.]

1. tiono make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch. Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. Shak.

2. To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste.

3. To make torpid; to benumb.

Stiff"en, v. i.

Definition: To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective. Like bristles rose my stiffening hair. Dryden. The tender soil then stiffening by degrees. Dryden. Some souls we see, Grow hard and stiffen with adversity. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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