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a.
Not relenting; unyielding; rigid; hard; stern; cruel.
n.
A long, narrow strip of timber bent and bolted longitudinally to the ribs of a vessel, to hold them in position, and give rigidity to the framework.
n.
The becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid; rigidity; stiffness; hardness.
a.
Hence, not lax or indulgent; severe; inflexible; strict; as, a rigid father or master; rigid discipline; rigid criticism; a rigid sentence.
n.
Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging to the genus Ostracion, or the family Ostraciontidae, having an angular body covered with a rigid integument consisting of bony scales. Some of the species are called also coffer fish, and boxfish.
n.
Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance.
n.
One of a sect of rigid Anabaptists, which originated in 1637, and whose tenets were essentially the same as those of the Mennonists. In addition, however, they held that Judas and the murderers of Christ were saved. So called from the founder of the sect, Ucke Wallis, a native of Friesland.
n.
Severity; rigor.
a.
Somewhat rigid or stiff; as, a rigidulous bristle.
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Rigidity; stiffness.
n.
Rigidity in principle or practice; strictness; -- opposed to laxity.
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Any regular course of action or procedure rigidly adhered to by the mere force of habit.
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One who adheres strictly or rigidly to the text.
a.
Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber.
v.
In a rigid manner; stiffly.
n.
A disease of adults, characterized by a diffuse rigidity and hardness of the skin.
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The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form; -- opposed to flexibility, ductility, malleability, and softness.
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Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible.
n.
The quality or state of being rigid.
superl.
Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow.
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