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Stiff
·superl Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear.
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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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Tailed
·adj Having a tail; having (such) a tail or (so many) tails;
— chiefly used in composition; as, bob...
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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-rumped
Proud, stately.
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stiff bottom
A clayey bottom.
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stiff breeze
One in which a ship may carry a press of sail, when a little more would endanger the spars.
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Crop-tailed
·adj Having the tail cropped.
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Dag-tailed
·adj Daggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks.
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Daggle-tailed
·adj Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.
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Draggle-tailed
·adj Untidy; sluttish; slatternly.
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Fan-tailed
·adj Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail; as, the fan-tailed pigeon.
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Fork-tailed
·adj Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed;
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Pin-tailed
·adj Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest;
— said of birds.
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Racket-tailed
·adj Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers.
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Rat-tailed
·adj Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat.
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Red-tailed
·adj Having a red tail.
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Ring-tailed
·adj Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color.
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Ruby-tailed
·adj Having the tail, or lower part of the body, bright red.
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Scissors-tailed
·adj Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones....
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Spine-tailed
·adj Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips.
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Stump-tailed
·adj Having a short, thick tail.
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Swallow-tailed
·adj United by dovetailing; dovetailed.
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Wedge-tailed
·adj Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedl...
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Wire-tailed
·adj Having some or all of the tail quills terminated in a long, slender, pointed shaft, without a w...
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culver-tailed
Fastened by dove-tailing a way of letting one timber into another, so that they cannot slip asunder....
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nail-tailed wallaby
n.
See onychogale.
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stump-tailed lizard
n.
an Australian lizard, Trachydosaurus rugosus, Gray.
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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;...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.