stiff breeze

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• Stiff

  ·superl Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear. II. Stiff ·superl Firm; strong; violent; difficu...

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• stiff

  Stable or steady; the opposite to crank; a quality by which a ship stands up to her canvas, and carr...

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• Breeze

  ·vi To blow gently. II. Breeze ·noun ·Alt. of Breeze fly. III. Breeze ·noun A light, gentle wind; ...

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• breeze

  To raise a breeze; to kick up a dust or breed a disturbance. ...

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• breeze

  This word is widely understood as a pleasant zephyr; but among seamen it is usually applied as synon...

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• Stiff-backed

  ·adj <<Obstinate>>. ...

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• Stiff-hearted

  ·adj Obstinate; stubborn; contumacious. ...

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• Stiff-necked

  ·adj Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as, stiff-necked pride; a stiff-necked people. ...

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• Stiff-neckedness

  ·noun The quality or state of being stiff-necked; stubbornness. ...

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• Stiff-tailed

  ·adj Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid. ...

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• stiff-rumped

  Proud, stately. ...

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• stiff bottom

  A clayey bottom. ...

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• Breeze fly

  ·noun A fly of various species, of the family Tabanidae, noted for buzzing about animals, and tormen...

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• Spanking breeze

  ·- a strong breeze. ...

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• breeze, sea or land

  A shifting wind blowing from sea and land alternately at certain hours, and sensibly only near the c...

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• fanning-breeze

  One so gentle that the sail alternately swells and collapses. ...

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• fresh breeze

  A brisk wind, to which a ship, according to its stability, carries double or treble or close-reefed ...

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• land-breeze

  A current of air which, in the temperate zones, and still more within the tropics, regularly sets fr...

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• moderate breeze

  When all the flying kites may be pleasantly carried. ...

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• sea-breeze

  A wind from the sea towards the land. In tropical climates (and sometimes during summer in the tempe...

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• strong breeze

  That which reduces a ship to double-reefed top-sails, jib, and spanker. ...

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• to keep a stiff upper lip

  is to continue firm, unmoved. My friend, said he, don't cry for spilt milk; keep a stiff upper lip;...

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• breeze, to kick up a

  To excite disturbance, and promote a quarrelsome row. ...

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