[こりしょう, korishou] (adj-na, adj-no, n) (1) fastidiousness; enthusiasm for one thing; meticulousness; monomania; obsession; (2) susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders; (P) [Add to Longdo]
[どうさ, dousa] (n) size (solution for stiffening textiles, etc.) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Stiffening \Stiff"en*ing\, n.
1. Act or process of making stiff.
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2. Something used to make anything stiff.
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{Stiffening order} (Com.), a permission granted by the
customs department to take cargo or ballast on board
before the old cargo is out, in order to steady the ship.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Stiffen \Stiff"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stiffened}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Stiffening}.] [See {Stiff}.]
1. To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to
stiffen cloth with starch.
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Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. --Shak.
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2. To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to
stiffen paste.
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3. To make torpid; to benumb.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stiffening
n 1: the act of becoming stiff; "stiffening his shoulders, he
prepared to advance"
2: the process of becoming stiff or rigid [syn: {stiffening},
{rigidifying}, {rigidification}]
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