Associations to the word «Stiffening»

Wiktionary

STIFFENING, noun. An item, material or feature that makes something stiffer.
STIFFENING, verb. Present participle of stiffen
STIFFENING ORDER, noun. 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.
STIFFENING ORDERS, noun. Plural of stiffening order

Dictionary definition

STIFFENING, noun. The act of becoming stiff; "stiffening his shoulders, he prepared to advance".
STIFFENING, noun. The process of becoming stiff or rigid.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope