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Species of legume
Acacia obtusifolia, commonly known as stiff-leaf wattle or blunt-leaf wattle, is a perennial tree in subfamily Mimosoideae of family Fabaceae. Acacia
Acacia_obtusifolia
Form of carved foliage
Stiff-leaf (also stiff leaf or stiffleaf) is a form of stylised foliage carving used in Early English Gothic architecture in the late 12th and 13th centuries
Stiff-leaf
Anglican cathedral in Somerset, England
foliate capitals in the stiff-leaf style. They are found ornamenting the piers of the nave, choir and transepts. Stiff-leaf foliage is highly abstract
Wells_Cathedral
Species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae
widely cultivated and naturalized in many other countries. It yields a stiff leaf fiber used in making rope and various other products. The sisal fiber
Sisal
Species of plant
Cyperus vaginatus, commonly known as stiff-leaf sedge or stiff flat-sedge, is a sedge of the family Cyperaceae that is native to Australia. The rhizomatous
Cyperus_vaginatus
terms are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (that is, the leaf blade or 'lamina' is undivided)
Glossary_of_leaf_morphology
Aromatic leaf
The bay leaf is an aromatic leaf commonly used as a herb in cooking. It can be used whole, either dried or fresh, in which case it is removed from the
Bay_leaf
Species of flowering plant
or shade and with infrequent watering. Often grown as a single large, stiff leaf in pots, the plant's other common names include "whale fin" or "shark's
Dracaena_masoniana
Photosynthetic part of a vascular plant
A leaf (pl.: leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally above ground and specialized for photosynthesis
Leaf
Type of vehicle suspension
with low spring constant—are not suitable. The consequent stiffness, in addition to inter-leaf friction, makes this type of suspension not particularly
Leaf_spring
Species of legume
Acacia stereophylla, also known as stiff-leaf wodjil, is a tree or shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Juliflorae that is endemic to south
Acacia_stereophylla
Genus of plants in the family Asteraceae
ex Riddell – Riddell's goldenrod Solidago rigida L. – rigid goldenrod, stiff-leaf goldenrod Solidago roanensis Porter – Roan Mountain goldenrod Solidago
Solidago
Species of flowering plant
Croptilon rigidifolium, called the stiff-leaf scratchdaisy, is a North American species of flowering plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae
Croptilon_rigidifolium
Religious centre within a Church of England parish
church in Devon. Selby, North Yorkshire Selby Abbey Norman nave, chancel stiff-leaf, east window tracery with medieval glass. Sherborne, Dorset Sherborne
Church of England parish church
Church_of_England_parish_church
Species of flowering plant
(common names: hawkweed-leaved saxifrage, hawkweed-leaf saxifrage, stiff stem saxifrage or stiff-stemmed saxifrage) is a species of flowering plants
Micranthes_hieraciifolia
Style of English Gothic architecture
sculpture, of which the finest is at Southwell, replacing the earlier stiff-leaf. This was in turn replaced by a more standardised and stylised 'bubbly'
Decorated_Gothic
Architectural style in Britain
as well as floral and vegetal designs. Simple floral motifs such as stiff-leaf also often appeared on the capitals, the spandrels, the roof boss that
English_Gothic_architecture
Church in Cambridgeshire, England
executed in the Early English Gothic style, the doorway is decorated with stiff-leaf foliage and carved mythical beasts, including stone dragons positioned
Peterborough_Cathedral
Church in England
‘THE GATES OF IT SHALL NOT BE SHUT BY DAY’. Inside, Street's arcade has stiff leaf capitals with painted images of the instruments of the passion recessed
St Benedict Biscop Church, Wombourne
St_Benedict_Biscop_Church,_Wombourne
Medieval English architectural style
Cathedral. A water-leaf capital A bell capital, ornamented with nailhead. The central shaft has a fillet (applied flat strip) A stiff-leaf capital at Northwold
Early_English_Gothic
Architectural style of Medieval Europe
Purbeck marble. In place of the Corinthian capital, some columns used a stiff-leaf design. In later Gothic, the piers became much taller, reaching up more
Gothic_architecture
Church building in Foxholes, North Yorkshire, England
gabled, and contains a round arch with nailhead moulding, shafts with stiff-leaf capitals, an impost band and a hood mould. The stained glass in the windows
St_Mary's_Church,_Foxholes
Church in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Lancey, 1785 Features of the interior include shafts of Purbeck Marble, stiff-leaf carving and the tomb of Lady Eleanor Percy, dating from around 1340 and
Beverley_Minster
arenicola, red desert beardtongue Penstemon aridus, stiff-leaf beardtongue Penstemon attenuatus, taper-leaf beardtongue Penstemon attenuatus var. attenuatus
List of Plantaginales of Montana
List_of_Plantaginales_of_Montana
Church in Dunstable, England
15th-century doorway. The entrance is decorated with diaper pattern and stiff-leaf moulding providing relief for a profusion of small arches. To the south
Dunstable_Priory
Species of tree
exfoliating. The leaves are thick and stiff-textured, broad, palmately lobed, superficially maple-like, the leaf blade 10–20 cm (4–8 in) long and 12–25 cm
London_plane
Railway station in Sydney, Australia
twice the bulk of the columns. The piers have enriched stringcourses with stiff-leaf detail like the column capitals. The spandrels between the arches contain
Regent_Street_railway_station
Species of flowering plant
Melaleuca linearis, commonly known as narrow-leaved bottlebrush, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to New South Wales and Queensland
Melaleuca_linearis
Sharp plant parts used for defense
of spine). On a leaf apex, if there is an apical process (generally an extension of the midvein), and if it is especially sharp, stiff, and spine-like
Thorns,_spines,_and_prickles
Botanic gardens in York, England
over three lights". The column capitals are decorated with foliage in a stiff-leaf style as well as in a naturalistic style, although this stonework is weatherworn
York_Museum_Gardens
Town in Powys, Wales
timbers were felled in 1538. The corbels are odd masonry pieces including stiff-leaf from Cwmhir. The base of each bracket is carved, with an archer, or grotesque
Llanidloes
Area of Glasgow, Scotland
a large geometrical window above a row of trefoil-headed windows with stiff leaf capitals. The side aisles have twin lancet windows beneath the clerestory
Pollokshields
Church in North Yorkshire, England
has a 13th-century doorway with a pointed moulded arch on responds with stiff-leaf capitals. Grade II* listed churches in North Yorkshire (district) Listed
St Martin's Church, Wharram Percy
St_Martin's_Church,_Wharram_Percy
Topics referred to by the same term
assimilis – fine-leaf wodjil Acacia neurophylla – broad-leaf wodjil Acacia resinimarginea – old-man wodjil Acacia stereophylla – stiff-leaf wodjil Acacia
Wodjil
Church in Bristol, England
and sedilia, is decorated with stylised foliage, in a style known as 'stiff-leaf'. Street's design followed the form of the Gothic choir. On a plan or
Bristol_Cathedral
found in members of the Sapindaceae. aristate With a stiff, bristle-like awn or tip. See also Leaf shape. article A segment of a jointed stem or of a fruit
Glossary_of_botanical_terms
Historic site in Norton, Runcorn, Cheshire, England
arches early Gothic. The carvings include depictions of human heads, stiff-leaf foliage and animals. The 38 acres (15 ha) of grounds surrounding the house
Norton_Priory
Church in Cambridgeshire, England
Thousand Best Churches (1999) and highlights as features the tower, the stiff-leaf font and the Christ in Majesty. The height of the surviving Anglo-Saxon
St John the Baptist's Church, Barnack
St_John_the_Baptist's_Church,_Barnack
Species of flowering plant
species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae known by the common names stiff dogwood and swamp dogwood. It is native to parts of the eastern and southeastern
Cornus_foemina
Church in Dorset, England
with minor differences between those on the south and north arcades, and stiff-leaf capitals. The nave aisle windows depict biblical figures and saints, which
St James's Church, Kingston, Purbeck
St_James's_Church,_Kingston,_Purbeck
Church seats for Catholic clergy
Their architectural detailing such as trefoil and quatrefoil spandrels, stiff-leaf foliage, and sculpted gables aligned with the trend of sacred space and
Sedilia
Village in Oxfordshire, England
St Michael and All Angels is a capital in the south arcade. It is in "stiff-leaf" style, which is an Early English feature. Page and Ditchfield concluded
Steventon,_Oxfordshire
Church in Lincolnshire, England
Medieval building, “no more than two re-used possibly thirteenth century stiff-leaf capitals [survive] in an undercroft beneath the west tower”. John Clare
Church of St Michael the Greater, Stamford
Church_of_St_Michael_the_Greater,_Stamford
Church in Lincolnshire, England
St Benedict's Lincoln St Benedict's Lincoln. Chancel arcade column with 'stiff leaf' decoration Chapel Roof, St Benedict's Lincoln Royal coat of arms
St_Benedict's_Church,_Lincoln
and the vitality of the carved capitals in a foliate style known as "stiff leaf". The eastern end has retained much original glass, which is rare in England
Architecture of the medieval cathedrals of England
Architecture_of_the_medieval_cathedrals_of_England
British medieval art historian
of Art, gaining a BA in 1949 and a PhD in 1952. Her PhD was on English stiff-leaf sculpture. She was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1958
Pamela_Tudor-Craig
Tall thistle Cirsium altissimum Purple everlasting Gnaphalium purpureum Stiff-leaf goldenrod Solidago rigida Bicknell's sedge Carex bicknellii Soft fox sedge
Biodiversity of Westchester County, New York
Biodiversity_of_Westchester_County,_New_York
weathercock. The porch is gabled, and contains a round arch with nailhead moulding, shafts with stiff-leaf capitals, an impost band and a hood mould. II
Listed buildings in Foxholes, North Yorkshire
Listed_buildings_in_Foxholes,_North_Yorkshire
Australian architect
features include the foliate carving of the capitals, much of it in the stiff-leaf style of Wells Cathedral; pierced cinquefoil openings in panels above
Edmund_Blacket
Medieval Welsh monastery
Early English pattern of shafts clustered on piers. Transitional and stiff-leaf capitals of great beauty reflect the sculptural developments between c
Strata_Marcella
Church in Wiltshire, England
13th century, have double-chamfered arches with fillet mouldings and stiff-leaf capitals. These arches have been much altered since their installation
Church of St Laurence, Downton
Church_of_St_Laurence,_Downton
Listed church in Greater Manchester, England
Internally, the church features a fine circular font, encrusted with stiff-leaf decoration. The churchyard contains war graves of three soldiers and two
Christ_Church,_Walshaw
with valances. The canopies have cast iron columns with moulded bases, stiff-leaf capitals, and curved braces with circular motifs in the spandrels. II
Listed buildings in Knaresborough
Listed_buildings_in_Knaresborough
Church in Gonalston, England
under an ogee arch decorated with crockets and further decorated with stiff leaf and more naturalistic foliage. North aisle Listed buildings in Gonalston
St Laurence's Church, Gonalston
St_Laurence's_Church,_Gonalston
Grade I listed building in Chichester, United Kingdom
and panels of the arms of previous bishops. Within the jambs are carved stiff-leaf foliage. The walling is of Quarr Abbey stone as well as a little flint
The_Palace,_Chichester
Church in Glasgow, Scotland
a large geometrical window above a row of trefoil headed windows with stiff leaf capitals. The side aisles have twin lancet windows beneath the clerestory
Pollokshields_Parish_Church
the western arm is an octagonal tower and belfry, with paired openings, stiff-leaf capitals, and a decorative tile roof. The openings have depressed round-arched
Listed buildings in Thornton Steward
Listed_buildings_in_Thornton_Steward
Species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae
bonariensis grows up to 75 cm (29.5 in) in height and its leaves are covered with stiff hairs, including long hairs near the apex of the bracts. Its flower heads
Erigeron_bonariensis
Style of wrestling
Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), two wrestlers which already were advocates of a stiffer and more realistic wrestling style. Their students left NJPW to form the
Shoot_wrestling
Species of maple
and so on. These names include "Manitoba maple", "ash-leaf maple", "cut-leaved maple", "three-leaf maple", "ash maple", "sugar maple", "negundo maple",
Acer_negundo
Church
wooden barrel vaulted ceiling, the trusses supported by corbels bearing stiff leaf decoration. The altar is on steps of Devonshire marble installed in 1898
St Mary the Virgin, Acocks Green
St_Mary_the_Virgin,_Acocks_Green
Cemetery. It is in sandstone, and consists of an octagonal column with a stiff-leaf capital on a plinth standing on two square steps. The plinth is inscribed
Grade II listed buildings in Chester (south)
Grade_II_listed_buildings_in_Chester_(south)
Church in Hampshire, England
has four-bay arcades, a lofty tower arch, a square font on pillars with stiff-leaf carving, a round stone pulpit and an intricate wrought iron lectern. The
Holy_Trinity_Church,_Privett
ground and middle floors have pointed arches with granite columns and stiff leaf capitals, and those in the top floor have triangular heads. On the middle
Listed buildings in Appleby-in-Westmorland
Listed_buildings_in_Appleby-in-Westmorland
has a 13th-century doorway with a pointed moulded arch on responds with stiff-leaf capitals. II* St Mary's Church 54°04′55″N 0°40′51″W / 54.08205°N 0.68096°W
Listed_buildings_in_Wharram
Church in Cheshire, England
five-bay arcades carried on circular piers whose capitals are decorated with stiff-leaf carving. The bowl of the font has blind trefoil arcading, and is carried
St Peter's Church, Macclesfield
St_Peter's_Church,_Macclesfield
Tributary of the Hudson River in southern Dutchess County, New York
the bald eagle, Blanding's turtle, least bittern, pied-billed grebe, stiff-leaf goldenrod, swamp cottonwood and blazing star. Several salamander and turtle
Fishkill_Creek
American sports car by the Chevrolet division of General Motors (GM)
Another 1963 and 1964 option was the Z06 competition package, which offered stiffer suspension, bigger, multi-segment lined brakes with finned drums, and more
Chevrolet_Corvette
Ruined priory in Cork, Ireland
built in the Early English Gothic style of architecture. Examples of "stiff-leaf" capital decoration can be found in the priory. The majority of the priory
Ballybeg_Priory
Agricultural tool used for moving soil
are intended for heavier use in soil and larger debris. They have long, stiff teeth which must be able to withstand abrasion and bending forces. Bow rakes
Rake_(tool)
Species of shrub endemic to eastern Australia
geebung (Persoonia chamaepitys), myrtle geebung (P. myrtilloides) and stiff-leaf wattle (Acacia obtusifolia), or in more open woodland or heath associated
Grevillea_laurifolia
Church in Bristol, England
The porch entrance arch is acutely pointed with dark marble shafts and stiff-leaf foliate capitals, though some were damaged by 14th-century carving. The
St_Mary's_Church,_Henbury
storey and three bays. Between the bays are triple-shafted columns with stiff leaf capitals. Each bay has a three-light pointed window with a crocketed ogee
Listed buildings in Weston Underwood, Derbyshire
Listed_buildings_in_Weston_Underwood,_Derbyshire
square porch containing a round-arched doorway flanked by pilasters with stiff-leaf capitals, and a door with a fanlight. II Monument, Mansfield Cemetery
Listed buildings in Mansfield (outer areas)
Listed_buildings_in_Mansfield_(outer_areas)
German peaked cap
similar caps such as e.g. the mariner's cap, are the high hat band and the stiff, relatively small crown. Its diameter is only slightly larger than that
Prince_Henry_cap
List of English historic buildings
and between the bays on the upper floors are cast iron columns with stiff-leaf capitals. Each bay contains a canted bay window, and between the floors
Listed buildings in Manchester-M1
Listed_buildings_in_Manchester-M1
Species of flowering plant
in the family Asteraceae native to North America. Common names include stiff tickseed, wedgeleaf coreopsis, prairie coreopsis, prairie tickseed, and
Anacis_palmata
Species of bat found in India
supplementary leaflets. The anterior leaf possesses a median emargination and is covered everywhere with short, stiff black hair. The internarial septum
Khajuria's_leaf-nosed_bat
Species of flowering plant
creeping rhizome, which is sometimes above ground, sometimes underground. Its stiff leaves grow vertically from a basal rosette. Mature leaves are dark green
Dracaena_trifasciata
Species of plant
found in dry sclerophyll forest with red bloodwood (Corymbia gummifera), stiff-leaf wattle (Acacia obtusifolia) and paperbark tea-tree (Leptospermum trinervium)
Leichhardtia_suaveolens
Human settlement in Scotland
mansion house, recast in the 1840s "has a plaster-vaulted porch with stiff-leaf bosses, an interior hall, its cornice and ceiling panel with fleuron detail
Lands_of_Tour_and_Kirkland
'Sanalta' by the University of Alberta. It is a two-row, relatively short, stiff-strawed, late-maturing variety. The kernel is midlong with yellow aleurone
List_of_barley_cultivars
re-sited doorway has a moulded pointed arch with three orders of shafts and stiff-leaf capitals. At the other end of the wall is a triple sedilia with moulded
Listed buildings in Bishop's Castle
Listed_buildings_in_Bishop's_Castle
Church building in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
aisle, comprising two medieval (the east-most) and two modern arches, has stiff-leaf decoration on the capitals of the former. St Paul's had a tower and belfry
St_Paul's_Church,_Stamford
Species of herbaceous plant
none to a few branches. The wild form is glandular and coated in short stiff hairs. The leaves, 20–200 mm (1–8 in), are mostly divided into smaller leaflets
Phacelia_tanacetifolia
given a helmet and put on sky watch duty. The next morning, Oliver has a stiff neck from watching the sky. Hank comes by and tells Oliver about his time
List_of_Green_Acres_episodes
Species of flowering plant
Ionactis linariifolia also known as the flax-leaf ankle-aster, flaxleaf whitetop or simply aster is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae
Ionactis_linariifolia
Biology term, usually refers to a type of insect wing
delicate inner protective layer of a seed, and in zoology to describe a stiff membrane on the upper surface of the crown of a crinoid. In vertebrate anatomy
Tegmen
Species of bird
between 17.6 and 26 kg (39 and 57 lb). It is a flightless bird with hard and stiff black plumage, a low triangular casque, pink cheek and red patches of skin
Dwarf_cassowary
Single-wire electrical connector used for joining wires to equipment
and splayed slightly, a tip of four leaf springs, a cylinder with a single leaf spring on one side, a bundle of stiff wire, a central pin surrounded by
Banana_connector
Species of flowering plant
Stachys recta, commonly known as stiff hedgenettle or perennial yellow-woundwort, is herbaceous perennial plant of the family Lamiaceae. The generic epithet
Stachys_recta
Genus of plants
produced a huge array of cultivars with great variety in size, flower colour, leaf form and aromatic foliage. Pelargonium occurs in a large number of growth
Pelargonium
Species of plant
in the waterleaf family, Hydrophyllaceae. Its common names include notch-leaf scorpion-weed, notch-leaved phacelia, cleftleaf wildheliotrope, and heliotrope
Phacelia_crenulata
Type of sword
for fighting against mail armor or plate armor. It was long, straight and stiff with no cutting edge, just a point. Examples from Poland are more than 160 cm
Estoc
Philippine fiber made from the pineapple plant
leaf, the leaf has to be cut first from the plant. Then the fiber is pulled or split away from the leaf. Most leaf fibers are long and somewhat stiff
Piña
Species of plant
80 centimeters in length. It is usually glandular and coated in soft or stiff hairs. The leaves are up to 10 to 15 centimeters long and are divided into
Phacelia_distans
Fine hair-like growth on plants
with the feeding of at least some small herbivores and, depending upon stiffness and irritability to the palate, large herbivores as well. Hairs on plants
Trichome
Palm cultivar
Trachycarpus 'Wagnerianus' is an easily identified cultivar, with small, stiff leaves (much unlike that of Trachycarpus fortunei). The leaves of younger
Trachycarpus fortunei 'Wagnerianus'
Trachycarpus_fortunei_'Wagnerianus'
Originally published in hardcover as Alfred Hitchcock's Tales to Scare You Stiff in 1978, the book includes 26 short stories and a short novel called The
Alfred Hitchcock's Anthology – Volume 4
Alfred_Hitchcock's_Anthology_–_Volume_4
Type of vegetable fibre
as well as cotton. Because of its high molecular crystallinity, ramie is stiff and brittle and will break if folded repeatedly in the same place; it lacks
Ramie
STIFF LEAF
STIFF LEAF
Boy/Male
Spanish American
Royal staff.
Boy/Male
Welsh
bears the staff'.
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Sanskrit, Telugu
Staff Handed; Holding a Staff in his Hand
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Spanish
Staff of the Goths; Form of Gustave; Staff Bearer; Royal Staff; Meditation Staff
Boy/Male
French American German Swedish
Royal staff.
Girl/Female
Teutonic
God's staff.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Soft Eshwar Stuff
Girl/Female
Teutonic
God's staff.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. Possibly a metonymic occupational name for a waterman on the Thames. The name is found in the 16th and 17th centuries in and around London.James Skiffe came from London, England, to Lynn, MA, in about 1635. Subsequently the family settled in Sandwich, MA.
Girl/Female
Latin Shakespearean
Staff bearer.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English stif ‘rigid’, ‘inflexible’, hence a nickname for someone who had difficulty in bending. The term was also used in a transferred sense of character (generally in the approving sense ‘resolute’, ‘steadfast’) from the 12th century, and this use may lie behind many examples of the surname.
Boy/Male
Australian, German, Latin, Scandinavian
Majestic; Staff of Gods; Meditation Staff
Boy/Male
Australian, Polish
Royal Staff; Staff of the Gods; Meditation Staff
Girl/Female
Danish, Finnish, French, German, Spanish, Swedish, Swiss
Staff of the Gods; Meditation Staff; Joyful
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Scandinavian, Teutonic
Royal Staff; Staff of the Gods
Surname or Lastname
German
German : from a short form of the personal name Steffen, a German form of Latin Stephanus (see Steven).English : nickname for a resolute or obstinate person, from Middle English stef ‘stiff’, ‘unyielding’.
Girl/Female
Teutonic Spanish Swedish
God's staff.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Norfolk)
English (mainly Norfolk) : from Middle English staf ‘rod’, ‘staff’; a nickname for a tall, thin person, or a metonymic occupational name for anyone who carried a staff of office, a reminder of his right to inflict physical discipline.
Girl/Female
Teutonic
God's staff.
Boy/Male
Welsh
bears the staff'.
STIFF LEAF
STIFF LEAF
Boy/Male
Indian
Cute
Girl/Female
Australian, Danish, French, German, Hebrew, Swedish
Eternal Joy; Joy
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Full of Love
Girl/Female
American, Australian, French, German
Yew; Archer; Yew Wood; Similar to Yvonne from Yves
Girl/Female
English American
A. Famous bearer: Ebenezer and Jonathan Elmer were two famous American brothers who played an...
Boy/Male
Indian
Eyes
Boy/Male
Hindu
Able daughter
Boy/Male
Muslim
Another name of God, One who breaks
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Many
Surname or Lastname
English and Welsh
English and Welsh : probably a variant of Fithian.English and Welsh : Alternatively, it may be an altered form of Welsh Gethin.
STIFF LEAF
STIFF LEAF
STIFF LEAF
STIFF LEAF
STIFF LEAF
n.
To fill by crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess; as, to stuff a bedtick.
a.
Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as, stiff-necked pride; a stiff-necked people.
v. t.
To draw in with the breath through the nose; as, to sniff the air of the country.
a.
Somewhat stiff.
n.
The quality or state of being stiff-necked; stubbornness.
superl.
Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style.
superl.
Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff.
superl.
Firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff gale or breeze.
n.
To fill with a seasoning composition of bread, meat, condiments, etc.; as, to stuff a turkey.
superl.
Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price.
superl.
Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank.
superl.
Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints.
n.
A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or srick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor's staff; the staff of a spear or pike.
v. t.
To perceive as by sniffing; to snuff, to scent; to smell; as, to sniff danger.
n.
Stiff; rigid.
n.
Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect the plans of a superintendant or manager; as, the staff of a newspaper.
n.
A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable's staff.
n.
The act of sniffing; perception by sniffing; that which is taken by sniffing; as, a sniff of air.
v. t.
To navigate in a skiff.
superl.
Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary.