Stiff

stif, adj. not easily bent: rigid: not liquid: rather hard than soft: not easily overcome: obstinate: not natural and easy: constrained: formal: hard to overcome, difficult: firm, of prices, .: dead, rigid in death: ( naut. ) keeping upright.— n. ( slang ) a corpse: negotiable paper: forged paper.— v.t. Stiff′en , to make stiff.— v.i. to become stiff: to become le impre ible or more obstinate.— ns. Stiff′ener , one who, or that which, stiffens; Stiff′ening , something used to make a substance more stiff.— adj. Stiff′-heart′ed ( B. ), obstinate, stubborn.— adv. Stiff′ly .— n. Stiff′-neck , cervical myalgia, true torticollis.— adj. Stiff′-necked , obstinate, hard to move.— ns. Stiff′-neck′edne ; Stiff′ne .— Do a bit of stiff , to accept or discount a bill. [A.S. stíf , stiff; Dut. stijf , Dan. stiv .]