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

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne