 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
stiffening
noun
1: the act of becoming stiff; "stiffening his shoulders, he
prepared to advance"
2: the process of becoming stiff or rigid [syn: {rigidifying},
{rigidification}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Stiffening \Stiff"en*ing\, noun
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Stiffen \Stiff"en\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Stiffened}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Stiffening}.] [See {Stiff}.]
1. To 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.
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