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n.
The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also stifle joint. See Illust. under Horse.
n.
The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character.
a.
Somewhat stiff.
a.
Stifling.
v. t.
To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste.
v. t.
To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust.
imp. & p. p.
of Stifle
a.
Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as, stiff-necked pride; a stiff-necked people.
v. t.
To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Stiffen
n.
The quality or state of being stiff-necked; stubbornness.
n.
One who, or that which, stifles.
n.
Something used to make anything stiff.
v. t.
To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch.
adv.
In a stiff manner.
v. i.
To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective.
n.
Act or process of making stiff.
v. t.
To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to stifle passion.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Stifle
n.
One who, or that which, stiffens anything, as a piece of stiff cloth in a cravat.
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