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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 mid aerial sky.

2. Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; not soft nor hard. Thus melted metals grow stiff as they cool; they are stiff before they are hard. The paste is too stiff, or not stiff enough.

3. Strong; violent; impetuous in motion; as in seamens language, a stiff gale or breeze.

4. Hardy; stubborn; not easily subdued.

How stiff is my vile sense!

5. Obstinate; pertinacious; firm in perseverance or resistance.

It is a shame to stand stiff in a foolish argument.

A war ensues; the Cretans own their cause, stiff to defend their hospitable laws.

6. Harsh; formal; constrained; not natural and easy; as a stiff formal style.

7. Formal in manner; constrained; affected; starched; not easy or natural; as stiff behavior.

The French are open, familiar and talkative; the Italians stiff, ceremonious and reserved.

8. Strongly maintained, or asserted with good evidence.

This is stiff news.

9. In seamens language, a stiff vessel is one that will bear sufficient sail without danger of oversetting.
1913 Definition
Stiff (stiff)
a.(?)
Stiff
[Compar. Stiffer (?); superl. Stiffest.] [OE. stif, AS. st***imacr]f; akin to D. stijf, G. steif, Dan. stiv, Sw. styf, Icel. st***imacr]fr, Lith
  1. Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints.

    [They] rising on stiff pennons, tower
    The mid aërial sky.     Milton.

  2. Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff.
  3. Firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff gale or breeze.
  4. Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary.

    It is a shame to stand stiff in a foolish argument. Jer. Taylor.

    A war ensues: the Cretans own their cause,
    Stiff to defend their hospitable laws.     Dryden.

  5. Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style.

    The French are open, familiar, and talkative; the Italians stiff, ceremonious, and reserved. Addison.

  6. Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear.
    [Obs. or Colloq.] "This is stiff news." Shak.
  7. Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank.
    Totten.
  8. Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price.
    [Slang]

    Stiff neck, a condition of the neck such that the head can not be moved without difficulty and pain.

    Syn. -- Rigid; inflexible; strong; hardly; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; harsh; formal; constrained; affected; starched; rigorous.

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