stiffening : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: stiffening	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for stiffening
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stiffening n the act of becoming stiff; "stiffening his shoulders, he prepared to advance" the process of becoming stiff or rigid Synonym(s): stiffening, rigidifying, rigidification
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stiffen \Stiff"en\, v. t. [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stiffening \Stiff"ening\, n. 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.